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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Breathing Fresh Air in the City: Implementing Avenue Trees as a Sustainable Solution to Reduce Particulate Pollution in Urban Agglomerations.

Mamun Mandal, Robert Popek, Arkadiusz Przybysz, Anamika Roy, Sujit Das, Abhijit Sarkar

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Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Long-Term Greenness Effects of Urban Forests to Reduce PMInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mamun MandalLaboratory of Applied Stress Biology, Department of Botany, University of Gour Banga, Malda 732103, West Bengal, India.ORCID 0000-0002-7405-8163
Robert PopekSection of Basic Research in Horticulture, Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW (WULS-SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6112-841X
Arkadiusz PrzybyszSection of Basic Research in Horticulture, Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW (WULS-SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1378-6546
Anamika RoyLaboratory of Applied Stress Biology, Department of Botany, University of Gour Banga, Malda 732103, West Bengal, India.
Sujit DasLaboratory of Applied Stress Biology, Department of Botany, University of Gour Banga, Malda 732103, West Bengal, India.
Abhijit SarkarLaboratory of Applied Stress Biology, Department of Botany, University of Gour Banga, Malda 732103, West Bengal, India.ORCID 0000-0002-7699-9741

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The issue of air pollution from particulate matter (PM) is getting worse as more and more people move into urban areas around the globe. Due to the complexity and diversity of pollution sources, it has long been hard to rely on source control techniques to manage this issue. Due to the fact that urban trees may provide a variety of ecosystem services, there is an urgent need to investigate alternative strategies for dramatically improving air quality. PM has always been a significant concern due to its adverse effects on humans and the entire ecosystem. The severity of this issue has risen in the current global environmental context. Numerous studies on respiratory and other human disorders have revealed a statistical relationship between human exposure to outdoor levels of particles or dust and harmful health effects. These risks are undeniably close to industrial areas where these airborne, inhalable particles are produced. The combined and individual effects of the particle and gaseous contaminants on plants' general physiology can be detrimental. According to research, plant leaves, the primary receptors of PM pollution, can function as biological filters to remove significant amounts of particles from the atmosphere of urban areas. This study showed that vegetation could provide a promising green infrastructure (GI) for better air quality through the canopy and leaf-level processes, going beyond its traditional role as a passive target and sink for air pollutants. Opportunities exist for urban GI as a natural remedy for urban pollution caused by PMs.

Indexed as

avenue treesgreen infrastructuresparticulate pollutionurbanization

Identifiers

PMID37050171
PMCPMC10097214

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Registered trials

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