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Threat Imposed by O3-Induced ROS on Defense, Nitrogen Fixation, Physiology, Biomass Allocation, and Yield of Legumes

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Fabaceae is the third largest family of flowering plants. Tropospheric O3 is one of the most important secondary pollutants causing threat to agriculture productivity. The projected levels to which O3 will increase are critically alarming and have caused a significant effect of productivity of legumes. The present chapter highlights about the effect of tropospheric O3 on growth, development, and functioning of legumes. Tropospheric O3 causes significant leaf injury, reductions in root biomass, and root nodule number. It causes reduction in photosynthesis and nitrogen-fixing enzymes. Changes in allocation of photosynthates between above and belowground due to O3 also affect nitrogen fixation in legumes. Potential shortfalls in N-fixation will have severe economic and environmental consequences and it has not yet been considered on anagroecosystem basis. There is an utmost need for further investigation of tropospheric O3 impacts of legume crops.

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Rai, R. (2020). Threat Imposed by O3-Induced ROS on Defense, Nitrogen Fixation, Physiology, Biomass Allocation, and Yield of Legumes. In: Hasanuzzaman, M., Araújo, S., Gill, S. (eds) The Plant Family Fabaceae. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4752-2_19

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