• Neha Soni
• Riya Shrivastava
• Arpana Mishra

Abstract: Plants growing near the roadsides absorb the pollutants at their foliar surface. In this paper, anatomical changes induced by air pollutants in Annona squamosaand Dalbergia sissoo leaves were seen. Some plant species able to absorb, detoxify and tolerate high levels of pollution. Number of stomata and epidermal cells, length and width of epidermal cells and stomatal guard cells, stomatal frequency and stomatal index of these species from highly polluted sites and low polluted sites were investigated by light microscopy. Results revealed increase in stomatal number, epidermal cells number and stomatal index and stomatal frequency in leaves with decrease in stomatal size of leaves from polluted sites as compared to control ones. These alternations in anatomical structure of leaves could be an indicator of pollution stress.

Keywords:Foliar Surface, Anatomical, Epidermal Cells, Stomatal index and Stomatal frequency.

"EFFECT OF DUST POLLUTION ON THE ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF LEAVES OF ANNONA SQUAMOSA AND DALBERGIA SISSOO GROWING ALONG THE ROAD SIDE OF REWA CITY (M. P.)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no.46-53, December-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012010.pdf

"EFFECT OF DUST POLLUTION ON THE ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF LEAVES OF ANNONA SQUAMOSA AND DALBERGIA SISSOO GROWING ALONG THE ROAD SIDE OF REWA CITY (M. P.)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no. pp46-53, December-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012010.pdf