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Chapter 10: Ozone Effects on Vegetation: A Walk from Cells to Ecosystems

USDA-ARS Plant Science Research Unit, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

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Evgenios Agathokleous

School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), Nanjing, China

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J. C. Saitanis

Agricultural University of Athens, Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Votanikos, Athens, Greece

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Alsayed M. Mashaheet

Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhour University, Alabadiya Campus, Egypt

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Takayoshi Koike

Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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Yung-Tse Hung

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811207136_0010Cited by:10 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract:

We summarize effects of ground-level ozone (O₃) on plants beginning at the atmosphere–leaf interface, and then following with responses at the cellular level and the resulting foliar injury leading to impacts on plant growth. Impacts on crop yield are discussed with the potential for improving O₃ tolerance through plant breeding. Impacts of O₃ on trees are analyzed with reference to ecosystem functioning and trophic interactions. Facilities to investigate O₃ effects on vegetation, O₃ phytotoxicity metrics, and O₃-protectant chemicals are described.

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