Plant responses to vehicular pollution: specific effect on photosynthetic pigments of plants at divider of NH-4 highway Nipani Area, Karnataka State, India

P. D. Shiragave1, A. A. Ramtek

Abstract

The ornamental plants such as Bougainvillea spectabilis, Caesalpinia pulcherima, Thevetia peruviana, Nerium oleander, Callendria brevipes and Tecoma gaudichaudi etc. planted along the divider of NH-4 highway are selected in the present work and see the effect of vehicle gases on photosynthetic pigments, this effect has been studied by calculating Chlorophyll-a, Chlorophyll-b and, Total Chlorophyll.