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Road side plants cannot grow properly. Find your own reasons and explain with your argument. |
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Answer» 1. The plantation along the roads mainly includes neem, peepal, banyan, almond etc. 2. It was observed that vegetation at roadside with heavy traffic and markets was much affected by vehicular emissions. 3. Significant decrease in total chlorophyll and protein content was observed with reduced leaf area. 4. It is concluded that plants can be uses as indicators for urban air pollution and there is need to protect the road side plants from air pollution. 5. Biomonitoring of plants is an important tool to evaluate the impact of air pollution on plants. 6. A study suggests that plants have the potential to serve as excellent quantitative and qualitative indices of pollution levels. 7. So plants should be grown and protected. |
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