Photo: Dusty leaves (collected) |
Background:
A few minutes earlier, while, I was travelling from Rangpur, my birth place, to Dhaka noticed a huge number of plants leaves fully covered with dust particles formed on road by heavy vehicles running on it. The plants were looking very weird and tired ot being dusty. I asked myself about the effect of dust on photosynthetic activity on these plants. Later on the self-question provoked me to know the details of the effect of dust on photosynthesis. I found lot of works already done on the issue. The findings of the experiment triggered me to think about the crops standing on the SAU agronomy field which are also facing more or less same scenario as roadside plants due to dust spreading from it's opened south side.
The effect of dust on crop leaves photosynthesis:
Different experiments conducted on the impact of dust particles on photosynthesis showed that dust particles have a significant effect on reducing photosynthetic efficiency of crop plants depending on the thickness of dust on leaves. Even it may result in death of plants on long starvation due to lack of photosynthesis.
SAU Context:
Therefore, on the basis of the experimental findings, in general, it can be thrust that SAU agronomy field crops are also being hampered by reduced photosynthetic efficiency due to dust spread on leaves from it's southern open part.
Recommendation:
Experiments should be carried out on SAU agronomy field crops to assess the effect of dust on photosynthesis. Most probably, so far such kind of experiments are not conducted at SAU. Therefore, there is a good chance of opening a new dimension of research also.
N.B. this essay was written in a hasty state, any error in writing will be seen as a mistake by chance.
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