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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Effects of Simulated Acid Rain on Physiological Parameters of Field-Grown Corn and Soybeans
Abstract
dc:descriptionSimulated acid rain has been reported to cause physiological changes in various plant species. Studies were conducted in 1983, 1984, and 1985 to determine the effect of acid rain on some physiological parameters in soybeans (Glycine max L.) and corn (Zea mays L.). Simulated acid rain of pH 3.0, 4.2 and 5.6 was applied throughout the growing season onto field-grown plots of two corn hybrids and two soybean cultivars. Both crops were evaluated for changes in net photosynthesis, leaf water potentials, and leaf chlorophyll content. Nitrogen fixation, flowering and podding patterns, and dry matter and N partitioning were also measured in soybeans while pollen germination was also measured in corn.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Agronomy
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Smith, Craig Raymond
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8721762
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71638