ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Role of Native Trees in Mitigation of Fine
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) to Improve Air Quality
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Environmental Health & Wildlife, Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, 54600, Pakistan
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Department of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
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Wildlife & Ecology, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur
63100, Pakistan
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Department of Life Sciences, Western Caspian University, Baku, Azerbaijan
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Institute of Forest Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Vehari, 61100, Pakistan
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Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Department of Environmental Sciences, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal, Dir (U), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
18000 Pakistan
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School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Pastoral, Agriculture
Science and Technology, Center for Grassland Microbiome, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
Submission date: 2023-12-12
Final revision date: 2024-02-05
Acceptance date: 2024-06-28
Online publication date: 2024-10-31
Corresponding author
Rashid Iqbal
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
Allah Ditta
Department of Environmental Sciences, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal, Dir (U), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 18000, Pakistan, Pakistan
Department of Environmental Sciences, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal, Dir (U), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 18000, Pakistan, Pakistan
Umar Daraz
State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Pastoral, Agriculture Science and Technology, Center for Grassland Microbiome, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Pastoral, Agriculture Science and Technology, Center for Grassland Microbiome, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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ABSTRACT
Four native trees were selected to find out their potential for reducing the concentrations of PM2.5
in the ambient air. The trees selected were Pinus wallichiana, Mangifera indica, Avicennia marina, and
Syzygium cumini. Real-time aerosol monitors (TSI Inc.) were run in parallel at a distance of 50 m in the
upwind direction and under the canopy. Levels of PM2.5 in both the upwind position and the canopy were
much higher, with mean values ranging between 167.90±2.231 to 108.26±3.472 in the upwind position
and 40.32±8.97 and 152.50±32.264 in the canopy. The levels of fine particulate matter were observed to
be lower in the canopy than in the upwind direction. Overall, Avicennia marina was found to be most
effective in PM reduction, while Syzygium cumini was found to be least effective.
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