Comparative study on the effect of pollution on leaf morphology of common ornamental species between polluted and peri-urban regions in Egypt
Taia, W., Amer, W., Abd El-Maged, A., Hamed, A. (2024). Comparative study on the effect of pollution on leaf morphology of common ornamental species between polluted and peri-urban regions in Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 44(1), 48-72. doi: 10.21608/taec.2024.277137.1054
Wafaa Kamal Taia; Wafaa M. Amer; Amany Mohamed Abd El-Maged; Azza Badr Hamed. "Comparative study on the effect of pollution on leaf morphology of common ornamental species between polluted and peri-urban regions in Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 44, 1, 2024, 48-72. doi: 10.21608/taec.2024.277137.1054
Taia, W., Amer, W., Abd El-Maged, A., Hamed, A. (2024). 'Comparative study on the effect of pollution on leaf morphology of common ornamental species between polluted and peri-urban regions in Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 44(1), pp. 48-72. doi: 10.21608/taec.2024.277137.1054
Taia, W., Amer, W., Abd El-Maged, A., Hamed, A. Comparative study on the effect of pollution on leaf morphology of common ornamental species between polluted and peri-urban regions in Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 44(1): 48-72. doi: 10.21608/taec.2024.277137.1054

Comparative study on the effect of pollution on leaf morphology of common ornamental species between polluted and peri-urban regions in Egypt

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Article 3, Volume 44, Issue 1, June 2024, Page 48-72  XML PDF (1.1 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/taec.2024.277137.1054
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Authors
Wafaa Kamal Taiaorcid 1; Wafaa M. Amerorcid 2; Amany Mohamed Abd El-Maged email orcid 3; Azza Badr Hamedorcid 2
1Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
2Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
3Department of Biology and Geology, Faculty of Education, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Abstract
Environmental pollution is one of the major problems facing the megacities. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of air pollution on the leaf morphological characters of 12 species commonly planted in the streets of Giza district, Cairo a highly polluted site and Smouha district, Alexandria as peri-urban non polluted site of Egypt. Both the Light (LM) and Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) were used to investigate the leaf characters. The thirty-one macro-and micro-morphological leaf characters were subjected to T-TEST to assess the influence of pollution on the leaf characters and to find out the significant variations among the species in the two sites (polluted and non-polluted), using SPSS software, in addition to, Bivariate correlation using Pearson correlation. The study results proved that leaf characters of the studied species exhibited significant reduction at polluted sites especially in leaf length, width, area, and number of lateral veins compared with non-polluted sites, and identified the most adapted species to the polluted sites.
Keywords
Air pollutants; Leaf characters; Metropolitan city; Phylloremediation; Stomata
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