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In the present study, ozone (O3) measurements at a suburban site of Agra were made to estimate O3-exposure-related crop yield losses for two major crops for the period 2010–13. M7 (mean 7-h ozone mixing ratio) and AOT40 (accumulated O3 exposure over a threshold of 40 ppb) exposure metrics were used to inter-compare crop yield losses for two crop-growing seasons Rabi and Kharif. The relative yield losses (RYL) for rice and wheat ranged from 7 to 10% and 10 to 34%, respectively, on the basis of AOT40 while on the basis of M7 metric RYL for both the crops ranged from 0.7 to 4% and 3 to 11%, respectively. In 2011, the largest crop production loss (CPL) for wheat 0.27 million tons corresponding to an economic cost loss (ECL) of 345.4 million rupees using AOT40 metric was observed. Similarly, the highest CPL for rice using AOT40 metric was observed in 2011 (1290 tons) with ECL of 1.4 million rupees.
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The authors are thankful to the Director of the institute and the Head of Chemistry Department for necessary help. The financial support for this work was provided by ISRO-GBP under AT-CTM project.
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Kumari, S., Verma, N., Lakhani, A., Maharaj Kumari, K. (2021). Impact of Increasing Ozone on Agricultural Crop Yields. In: Shiva Nagendra, S.M., Schlink, U., Müller, A., Khare, M. (eds) Urban Air Quality Monitoring, Modelling and Human Exposure Assessment. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5511-4_15
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