Abstract:
It is well recognized that the deterioration of our environment by various kinds of industrial discharges (toxic effluents, pollutants) to the environment has very undesirable consequences on all living beings including plants. There are many examples of how air pollutants (primary and secondary) can destroy the character and productivity of vast areas of forests, agricultural crops and vegetation (Kozlowski, 1975,1980; Davis, 1972; Manning, 1975; Pack & Sulzback, 1976; Constantinidou & Kozlowski, 1979a,b;Garseded et al., 1981; Henriksson & Pearson, 1981; Norby & Kozlowski, 1981 ; Reinert & Gray, 1981 ; Smith, 1981 ; Stan & Schicker, 1982; McLaughlin,