Abstract:
A long time experiment on pakchoi in five O
3 concentration treatments is made by using the OTC-1 open top chamber. The results show that lower O
3 concentrations (25×10
–9 ~ 40×10
–9 and 50×10
–9) have chronic injury to pakchoi. When O
3 concentration is up to 100×10
–9 or 200×10
–9, green pakchoi leaves faded and lost water. Increasing O
3 content in ambient air may lead to shorter plant height and smaller plant pattern as well as the decreased leaf number, leaf area, photosynthesis rate, biological yield and economy yield. In addition, the experiment shows that pakchoi mesophyll and epidermis was influenced first when pakchoi in normal growing condition moved into the chamber with the O
3 concentration being 100×10
–9 or 200×10
–9, but the veins of new leaves in the clamber twised and changed form first .