Abstract
Tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum 'Walter') were inoculated with initial population densities of Pratylenchus penetrans ranging 0-4000 nematodes per pot and were repeatedly exposed to ozone (O/sub 3/). Exposures to charcoal-filtered air served as controls. Decreases in dry weights of plant parts excised from tomato plants exposed to 0.2 ..mu..l O/sub 3/ per liter of air added to the decrease in dry weight caused by exposure to sulfur dioxide (SO/sub 2/) at 0.2 ..mu..l/L of air adequately predicted the decrease in dry weight of tomato plants caused by exposure to 0.2 ..mu..l O/sub 3/ + 0.2 ..mu..l SO/sub 2/ per liter of air. When 0.2 ..mu..l O/sub 3/ and 0.8 ..mu..l SO/sub 2/ per liter of air were present in mixture, they acted antagonistically and caused less change in leaf and shoot dry weight than could be predicted by the main effects of O/sub 3/ or SO/sub 2/. The presence of P. penetrans attacking the roots enhanced the negative effects of O/sub 3/ + SO/sub 2/ on leaf growth (dry weight), but suppressed the inhibitory effects of O/sub 3/ + SO/sub 2/ on auxillary shoot dry weight. Treatments containing 0.8 ..mu..l SO/sub 2/ per liter of air reduced tomato fruit weight,more » but the amount of reduction was antagonized by the presence of O/sub 3/.« less
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