Arideep Mukherjee

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have reviewed the O3 exposure-based Indian studies on yield and quality losses in important crops under the current and future concentrations of O3 to identify the current challenges and policy interventions to reduce the risk of tropospheric ozone (O3) threat to food security in India.

TL;DR: Pollution response score (PRS), calculated on the basis of discriminate functional coefficient values, increased with an increase in air pollution variables for all the tested species, with the highest increase in P. longifolia and the lowest in F. benghalensis.

TL;DR: In this article, an endangered medicinal plant (Curcuma caesia Roxb) grown under natural field conditions was exposed to elevated UV-B (ambient ± 9.6kJ m−2 d-1) to assess changes in growth, antioxidant profile, defense strategy and secondary metabolites of the rhizome.

TL;DR: The observed results clearly indicated that differential O3 sensitivity in three wheat cultivars established by the previous study is in accordance with the present study using EDU as a sensitivity tool, which is an easy and efficient technology in comparison to chamber and Free-Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (FACE) experiments although its mechanistic understanding needs to be further validated.

TL;DR: Overall, the sensitive group suffered maximum yield losses while the minimum was observed in the tolerant group due to the differential enhancement of tolerance offered by antioxidants, suggesting the role of antioxidants as a determinant of final yield.