Phytotoxicity Testing of Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have well-known phytotoxicity on higher plants. However, while numerous bioindication studies have been targeted on how different symptoms indicate the deleterious effects of PAHs in the field, laboratory-scale phytotoxicity tests are much rarer. W...

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Main Authors: Selenge Tumurbaatar, Nora Kováts, Katalin Hubai
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-09-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/15/9/1143
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description Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have well-known phytotoxicity on higher plants. However, while numerous bioindication studies have been targeted on how different symptoms indicate the deleterious effects of PAHs in the field, laboratory-scale phytotoxicity tests are much rarer. While ecotoxicity tests might rely on the very same end-points as bioindication studies, they have to comply with quality assurance criteria, repeatability being the most important. As such, proper reporting involves the description of the test compound, experimental design and conditions, test organism used, and end-points measured. The recent review intends to give an overview of studies available in the literature complying with these requirements. PAHs occur in the atmosphere both in gaseous form and bound to particles. As plants are exposed to both phases, test protocols available represent different exposure pathways, fumigation chambers vs. direct foliar treatment. Reported studies, therefore, are grouped based on the exposure route they intend to simulate.
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spelling doaj-art-8a00a57fb44c47d491a28c337d7cd8842025-08-20T01:56:04ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332024-09-01159114310.3390/atmos15091143Phytotoxicity Testing of Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsSelenge Tumurbaatar0Nora Kováts1Katalin Hubai2Centre for Natural Sciences, Affiliation University of Pannonia, P.O. Box 158, 8200 Veszprém, HungaryCentre for Natural Sciences, Affiliation University of Pannonia, P.O. Box 158, 8200 Veszprém, HungaryCentre for Natural Sciences, Affiliation University of Pannonia, P.O. Box 158, 8200 Veszprém, HungaryAtmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have well-known phytotoxicity on higher plants. However, while numerous bioindication studies have been targeted on how different symptoms indicate the deleterious effects of PAHs in the field, laboratory-scale phytotoxicity tests are much rarer. While ecotoxicity tests might rely on the very same end-points as bioindication studies, they have to comply with quality assurance criteria, repeatability being the most important. As such, proper reporting involves the description of the test compound, experimental design and conditions, test organism used, and end-points measured. The recent review intends to give an overview of studies available in the literature complying with these requirements. PAHs occur in the atmosphere both in gaseous form and bound to particles. As plants are exposed to both phases, test protocols available represent different exposure pathways, fumigation chambers vs. direct foliar treatment. Reported studies, therefore, are grouped based on the exposure route they intend to simulate.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/15/9/1143atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsROShigher plantsphytotoxicity testingquality assurance
spellingShingle Selenge Tumurbaatar
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atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
ROS
higher plants
phytotoxicity testing
quality assurance
title Phytotoxicity Testing of Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
title_full Phytotoxicity Testing of Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
title_fullStr Phytotoxicity Testing of Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
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title_short Phytotoxicity Testing of Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
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topic atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
ROS
higher plants
phytotoxicity testing
quality assurance
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