Measurement of Growth, Photosynthesis and Transpiration Rates of a Malaysian Local Rice Cultivar (Mr 219) for Assessing Ambient Ozone Stress

• Main Author: Shahadan, Nurul Azzura
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Rice - Control - Environmental aspects; Agricultural productivity - Malaysia; Rice - Malaysia
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6255/1/FPAS_2005_4.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6255/

Ambient air pollution has been shown to reduce the yield of several major crops species. Research and field observations have suggested that O3 may responsible for up to 90% of tlie crop loss induces by air pollutants. One approach that has been used to estimate effects of ozone 011 yield is by d...