Year: 1982
Type: article
Abstract: The production of phytotoxic air pollutants by cultures of Chlorella vulgaris and Euglena gracilis is considered. Algal and plant culture systems, a fumigation system, and ethylene, ethane, cyanide, and nitrogen oxides assays are discussed. Bean, tobacco, mustard green, cantaloupe and wheat plants all showed injury when fumigated with algal gases for 4 hours. Only coleus plants showed any resistance to the gases. It is found that a closed or recycled air effluent system does not produce plant injury from algal air pollutants.
Authors: F. Fong, Edward Funkhouser
Institution: Texas A&M University
Language: English
Field: Energy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1531010274