Effects of NO<sub>2</sub> on Inflorescence Length, Pollen/Seed Amount and Phenolic Metabolites of Common Ragweed (<i>Ambrosia artemisiifolia</i> L.) — Oak Academic Publishing
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Effects of NO<sub>2</sub> on Inflorescence Length, Pollen/Seed Amount and Phenolic Metabolites of Common Ragweed (<i>Ambrosia artemisiifolia</i> L.)
Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany, Neuherberg, Germany
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Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany, Neuherberg, Germany
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Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany, Neuherberg, Germany
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Biochemical Plant Pathology, Technische Universitat München, Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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Research Unit Environmental Simulation, Helmholtz Zentrum München, München, Germany
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Institute of Environmental Medicine, UNIKA-T, Technische Universitat München, Augsburg, Germany
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CK-CARE, Christine Kühne—Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos-Wolfgang, Switzerland
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CK-CARE, Christine Kühne—Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos-Wolfgang, Switzerland
1 Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany, Neuherberg, Germany
2 Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany, Neuherberg, Germany
3 Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany, Neuherberg, Germany
4 Biochemical Plant Pathology, Technische Universitat München, Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
5 Research Unit Environmental Simulation, Helmholtz Zentrum München, München, Germany
6 Institute of Environmental Medicine, UNIKA-T, Technische Universitat München, Augsburg, Germany
7 CK-CARE, Christine Kühne—Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos-Wolfgang, Switzerland
8 CK-CARE, Christine Kühne—Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos-Wolfgang, Switzerland
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (common ragweed) is an annual ruderal plant that is native to Northern America but nowadays is also spreading across Europe, and its pollen is known to be highly allergenic. Air pollution, e.g. NOx and climate change may affect the plant growth, pollen production and duration of the entire pollen season. In this study, ragweed plants were grown over an entire vegetation period under 40 ppb NO 2 /clean air (control) and 80 ppb NO 2 (treatment). The inflorescence length was not affected by this air pollutant. However, the pollen amount increased, while the seed production decreased in both populations upon elevated NO 2 concentrations. Regarding phenolic metabolites elevated NO 2 had no effect on the amount of total phenolic metabolites, while individual metabolites showed significant changes.
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