ABSTRACT

 It is well renewed that trees have capacity to reduce the

air pollution . It is mandatory to expand the tree
plantation in industrial area to minimize the threat of
pollutants .
 It is used to control tolerance level in atmosphere
 On the basis of socioeconomic and biological
parameters such as relative water content , ascorbic
acid , total leaf chlorophyll and leaf ph extract
 APTI &API is calculated
INTRODUCTION
 Air pollution in university has become a major problem
and its health effects and environmental consequences
are numerous
 Continuous increase of number of work shops ,students
and vehicles has resulted in the loss of green cover.
 Exposure to increased levels of gaseous and particulate
air pollutants can affect the physical and biochemical
health of plants through impingement , absorption and
accumulation of air pollutants over the plant leaves
 Plants are important part of ecosystem and these are
mostly affected by air pollution
STUDY AREA
 The study of this project was undertaken in SCSVMV
University located at 12.85 latitude and 79.72 longitude
 The university is located at outskirts of kanchipuram
and is surrounded by L&T industrial area located at a
distance of 0.8 km
 The campus has a big belt of vegetation and may
considered as non polluted to moderately polluted site
with respect to air quality
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Leaf extract pH
To determine the pH leaf sap,4.0 grams of fresh leafs
was homogenized in 10ml of de-ionized water
 It was centrifuged at 2500rpm for 10minutes and the
supernatant was collected note its pH with a digital pH
meter
RELATIVE WATER CONTENT
 Leaf RWC was determined and calculated by using the
formula
 RWC=[(FW-DW)/(TW-DW)]*100
TOTAL CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT
 Extraction and determination of chlorophyll was
performed according method 0f arnon,3.0 g of fresh leafs
were blended and then extracted with 10ml of 80% of
acetone and left for 15min
 The liquid portion was decanted in other test tube and
centrifuged 2500rpm for 10min
 The supernatant was collected and the absorbance was
taken at 645nm and 663nm by using a spectrophotometre
 Chlorophyll a(mg/g)=12.7DX663-2.69DX645*V/1000W
 Chlorophyll b(mg/g)=22.9DX645-4.68DX663*V/1000W
ASCORBIC ACID
 Ascorbic acid content is measured by using
spectrometric method
 1gm of sample was taken in a test tube,4ml of oxalic
acid-EDTA extraction solution was added
 Then 1ml of orthphosporic acid followed by 1ml 5%
tetraoxosulphate acid
 To this 2ml ammonium molybdate was added to stand
for 15min,after which the absorbance at 760nm was
measured with spectrophotometer, the concentration
of ascorbic acid in the samples was then extrapolated
from a standard ascorbic acid curve.
TYPES OF LEAF SPECIES
 Mango –Mangifera indica
 Lemon – Citrus
 Guava – Psidium guajava
 Neem – Azadirachta indica
 Badam – Terminalia catappa
 Back plum – Syzyium cumin
 Peepal tree – Ficus religiosa
 Ashoka – Saraca asaca
 Toona - Ciliata
METHODOLOGY
 Air pollution tolerance index(APTI)
 Anticipated performance index(API)
DETAILS OF LEAFES
 MANGO
 It is a tropical region tree
 Mango trees grow up to 35-40m(115-131ft) tall
 The leafs are evergreen, alternate ,simple
 15-35cm (5.9-13.8 inc) long and 6-16cm(2.4-6.3 inc)
broad
 Its root descends to a depth of 6m
Neem

 It is a tropical and semi-tropical region tree

 Its height is of about 15-20meters(49-66 ft)
 The leafs are of about 20-40 centimeters(7.9-15.7inc)
long
 It contains about 20-31 medium to dark leaflets about
3-8 centimeters(1.2-3.1 inc) long
REFERENCE
 Dhruti Patel, JI Nirmal Kumar ,Open journal of air
pollution 7(01)
 G Krishnaveni International journal of green
pharmacy (IJGP) 11(04),2018
 Agrawal , A.L,(1988),Air pollution studies and impact
assessment of stack and fugitive emissions from CCI
Akaltara cement factory , project report ,project
sponsored by M/S