TY - JOUR AU - Singh Suwal, Belai Meeta AU - Gautam, Ratna Silwal AU - Manandhar, Dikshya PY - 2019/06/27 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Environmental Impact On Morphological and Anatomical Structure of Ricinus communis L. Leaves Growing in Kathmandu, Nepal JF - International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology JA - Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol VL - 7 IS - 2 SE - Research Articles: Biological Sciences DO - 10.3126/ijasbt.v7i2.24652 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/IJASBT/article/view/24652 SP - 274-278 AB - <p>The current study was done to examine the impact of environmental pollution on morphology and anatomy of leaf of <em>Ricinus communis </em>L. of Kathmandu. The comparative study was done between the plants of high polluted sites i.e Ringroad sides and less polluted sites i.e Raniban forest of Kathmandu. The plants from both sites showed visible morphological and anatomical changes in leaves. These both study sites were found with similar soil factors and climatic factors. Reductions in some morphological and anatomical features were observed in leaves growing in highly polluted site. Reduction in leaf area, petiole length, thickness of palisade layer and thickness of spongy parenchyma was noticed in the leaves from highly polluted sites of Kathmandu. Other morphological and anatomical features such as leaf dry mass content, stomata frequency, thickness of cuticle and size of epidermal cells were noticed to be increased in leaves from highly polluted sites.</p><p><span lang="EN-IN" style="margin: 0px; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;"><em>Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 7(2): 274-278</em></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p> ER -