Fighting against POLLUTION to Save Environment
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Table 1 : Extent and type of damage to the leaves of different plant species in different parts of transect.


Plant species Transect
(m)
Type of damage Amount of
damage
1 2 3 4
Mangifera indica 0—100 Margin burning and chlorosis H
  400-500 None Nil
Datura alba 0—100 Margin burning S
  100—200 Tip and margin burning M
Pongamia glabra 0-100 Spotting, tip burning and chlorosis M
  100—200 Bleaching, chlorosis and margin burning H
  200—300 Spotting M
Bougainvillaea spectabilis 0—100 Margin burning and spotting S
  200—300 Margin burning and spotting S
  300—400 Margin burning and spotting s
Conna indica 100—200 Margin and tip burning M
  300-400 Chlorosis and necrosis M
Michelia champaca 0-100 Margin and tip burning S
Amaranthus spinosus 0—100 Margin burning and chlorosis S
Millingtonia hortensis 0—100 Spotting S
lxora parviflora 0—100 Chlorosis and margin burning M
Euphorbia neriifolia 0—100 None Nil
Polyalthia longifolia var. pendulosa 0—100 Margin and tip burning M
Caryota urens 0—100 Chlorosis H
Fasminum pubescens
0—100 Chlorosis and necrosis H
  100—200 Margin and tip burning M
Adhatoda vasica 0—100 Margin and tip burning M
Parthenium hysterophorus 0-100 Bleaching M
  200—300 Bleaching S
  300—400 None Nil
Launaea nudicaulis 0—100 None Nil
Tradescantia vergiana 0-100 Bleaching M
Cucurbita maxima 200-300 Chlorosis H
Tinospora cordifolia 200- 300 Chlorosis M
Cocos nucifera 200- 300 Margin and tip burning M
Musa paradisica 200- 300 Margin and tip burning M
  300-400 Margin and tip burning S
Ipomoea fistula 300—400 Spotting S
Lantana camara 300—400 Margin and tip burning H
Anona reticulata 300—400 Tip burning S
Colocasia antiquorum
300—400 Chlorosis S