title: Role of bougainvilleas in mitigation of environmental pollution.
abstract: Environmental pollution adversely affects health of the people. Industrialization, urbanization, over exploitation of natural resources and increasing number of automobiles have aggravated the pollution manifold though there are various ways to mitigate the environmental pollution. Bio-remediation by using selected plant species is an effective method to control pollution which is universally accepted. Bougainvillea is a pollution tolerant plant and can help in the mitigation of air pollution besides its ornamental value in the landscaping. From the rich germplasm collection in NBRI Botanical Garden, tolerant plants have been experimented for road side plantation in view of mitigating the environmental pollution.
authors.affiliation: National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Richa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004391:Dust; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D018515:Plant Leaves; D001335:Vehicle Emissions / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D004391:Dust; D001335:Vehicle Emissions