Effect of pollution on chlorophyll content in plants from Urban locality.

Ashish P. Shingade; Manishankar B Paspohe; Shubham S. Dokhe; Premchand Gavali

Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2018

Effect of pollution on chlorophyll content in plants from Urban locality.

Ashish P. Shingade, Manishankar B Paspohe, Shubham S. Dokhe, Premchand Gavali

Abstract :

The present study was conducted to analyse the effect of air pollution on the chlorophyll content on four different plant species namely F. benghalensis; M. indica; A.indica; F.racemosa. The study highlights the level of Chlorophyll A and Chlorophyll B along with total Chlorophyll a+b from all the four plants collected from polluted and non polluted site. It was observed in the present study, the level of Chlorophyll A and Chlorophyll B were less in the sample collected from polluted area as compared with the sample collected from non polluted area. Out of the entire plant sample under study, the level of Chlorophyll A and B was higher in Ficus benghalensis. The present study clearly indicates that due to automobiles the levels of pollutants in the air have increased and their adverse effect is seen on the chlorophyll content of the plant. There by affecting the percentage of energy production in photosynthesis.