Objectif TO CHECK WHETHER AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS IN IMPORTANT AGRICULTURE AREA DECREASE CROP YIELD. THE HYPOTHESIS HEREABOVE MENTIONED WILL BE TESTED BY MEANS OF OPEN-TOP CHAMBERS INSTALLED IN SITES REMOTE FROM INDUSTRIAL AND URBAN AREAS. THESE SITES ARE CHARACTERIZED BY RELATIVELY LOW AVERAGE LEVEL OF AIR POLLUTION (COMPARED WITH THOSE OCCURRING IN AREAS WHERE VISIBLE INJURY ARE UNDOUBTEDLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO AIR POLLUTION). PLANTS ARE GROWN IN A SET OF OPEN-TOP CHAMBERS WITH FILTERED ATMOSPHERE. COMPARISON IS DONE WITH IDENTICAL PLANTS GROWN IN CHAMBERS WITH UNFILTERED ATMOSPHERE AND WITH IDENTICAL PLANTS GROWN NEARBY, IN OPEN FIELD. THIS PROJECT IS PART OF A EUROPEAN OPEN-TOP CHAMBER NETWORK AIMING AT VERIFYING THE HYPOTHESIS AT DIFFERENT EUROPEAN SITES CHOOSEN IN SUCH A WAY THAT A REPRESENTATIVE RANGE OF ECOLOGICAL AS WELL AS AIR POLLUTION CONDITIONS ARE COVERED (SITES, POLLUTANT EXPOSURE, CLIMATE CONDITIONS, ETC.) IN VIEW OF THE NECESSITY TO GENERATE COMPARABLE DATA, COMMON EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS ARE APPLIED. Programme(s) PRE-ENVPROT 3C - Sectoral research and development programme (EEC) in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology) - indirect and concerted actions - Environmental protection -, 1981-1985 Thème(s) Data not available Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinateur THE PROVOST, FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN HEREINAFTER TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Trinity College 2 DUBLIN Irlande Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée