Claim · model-written summary
Jasminum mesnyi had significantly reduced leaf length, width and area at polluted sites versus non-polluted sites.
Verbatim
e0“Bougainvillea glabra, Callistemon citrinus, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Jasminum mesnyi, Lagerstroemia indica and Nerium oleander”
e1“Results showed that all plant species exhibited significant (p<0.05) reduction at polluted site in their leaf length, width, and area when compared with the same plant species of non-polluted site.”
t0“Kathmandu Valley”
Title
Anjana Devkota; Sushila Shrestha; PK Jha European Journal of Ecology 2024. doi:10.17161/eurojecol.v10i1.19487
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Association Bougainvillea glabra had significantly reduced leaf length, width and area at polluted sites versus non-polluted sites.
- Association Callistemon citrinus had significantly reduced leaf length, width and area at polluted sites versus non-polluted sites.
- Association Euphorbia pulcherrima had significantly reduced leaf length, width and area at polluted sites versus non-polluted sites.
- Association Lagerstroemia indica had significantly reduced leaf length, width and area at polluted sites versus non-polluted sites.
- Association Nerium oleander had significantly reduced leaf length, width and area at polluted sites versus non-polluted sites.
- Association Leaf length, width and area reductions at heavily polluted sites were greatest after the monsoon.
- Association E. pulchirrima had the greatest leaf length reduction at polluted sites.
- Association E. pulchirrima had the greatest leaf width reduction, 18.62%.
- Association L. indica had the greatest leaf area reduction, 28%.
- Association N. oleander had the smallest leaf length decrease, 7.58%.
- Association C. citrinus had the smallest leaf width decrease, 11.3%.
- Association C. citrinus had the smallest leaf area decrease, 13.90%.
- Observation Lagerstroemia indica had the highest stomatal index, 20.58%.
- Observation Lagerstroemia indica had the highest epidermal cell count, 30.4.
- Observation Bougainvillea glabra had the highest stomatal density, 134.8mm-2.
- Observation Nerium oleander had the highest number of clogged stomata, 8.33mm-2.
- Association The reduction in leaf attributes at polluted sites increased as plants aged.
