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- Title
Global Assessment of Air Pollution Indices of Trees and Shrubs for Biomonitoring and Green Belt Development – A Tabulated Review.
- Authors
Latwal, Megha; Sharma, Sakshi; Kaur, Inderpreet; Nagpal, Avinash Kaur
- Abstract
Rise in global population has led to an upsurge in air pollution leading to increased human health problems. Plantation of plant species with higher tolerance to air pollutants for development of green spaces in urban areas can help in reducing the air pollution. In various scientific reports, indices such as air pollution tolerance index (APTI) and anticipated performance index (API) have been commonly used as tools for identification of the suitable plant species to develop green areas. This work is an effort to conduct a comprehensive study of 48 such reports published at global level from different countries such as India, Iran, Indonesia, Pakistan, Poland, China, Nepal, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and South Korea. APTI and/or API values have been tabulated for 195 plant species from different countries. Pollution tolerance indices of many plant species such as APTI of Mangifera indica had been reported from 18 sites, Azadirachta indica and Ficus religiosa from 13 sites each, and so on... Highest APTI value of 85.5 was reported for Ficus religiosa from Dehradun, India. Highest API value (7) was reported for Alstonia scholaris, Ficus benghalensis, Mangifera indica and Psidium guajava which are considered as best performers. All the studied 195 plant species were also arranged into their corresponding 55 families. This review article may prove to be helpful to readers for better selection of different plant species for developing green areas in urban settings based on their APTI and API values.
- Subjects
AIR quality indexes; SUSTAINABLE development; GREENBELTS; MANGO; AIR pollutants; URBAN trees; NEEM
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2023, Vol 234, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11270-023-06194-y