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Environmental Pollution 61 (1989) 1-2 Foreword Physical, chemical and biological climatology regulate the health of crops and forests. The adverse effects of air pollution on our environment have become a major international issue, and potential changes in global climatology are of utmost concern. Effects of air pollution on crop productivity and forest health are areas of intensive scientific scrutiny. Recognizing these important concerns, the International Society of Plant Pathology (ISPP) established, in 1986, a committee on Air Pollution Effects on Plants with members representing many countries. ISPP is a union of plant pathologists of the world. The International Congress of Plant Pathology is held every 5 years. At the most recent congress, held in Kyoto, Japan during August 1988, four sessions were devoted to the various aspects of air pollution effects on plants. These consisted of: (a) Physiological and biochemical mechanisms of air pollutant injury on plants (Chairman: Professor T. A. Mansfield, England). (b) Effects of multiple pollutants on crops and trees (Chairman: Professor W. J. Manning, USA). (c) Modelling plant response to air pollution stress (Chairman: Professor V. C. Runeckles, Canada). (d) Acidic precipitation effects on crops and trees (Chairman: Dr L. S. Evans, USA). Professor S. Matsunaka of Japan served as the coordinator of the four sessions. Some 20 invited speakers participated in the four sessions representing among others our host Japan, Canada, Italy, Sweden, the UK, 1 Environ. Pollut. (61) (1989)--© 1989 Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd, England. Printed in Great Britain
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Environmental Pollution 61 (1989) 1-2
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Physical, chemical and biological climatology regulate the health of crops and forests. The adverse effects of air pollution on our environment have become a major international issue, and potential changes in global climatology are of utmost concern. Effects of air pollution on crop productivity and forest health are areas of intensive scientific scrutiny.
Recognizing these important concerns, the International Society of Plant Pathology (ISPP) established, in 1986, a committee on Air Pollution Effects on Plants with members representing many countries. ISPP is a union of plant pathologists of the world.
The International Congress of Plant Pathology is held every 5 years. At the most recent congress, held in Kyoto, Japan during August 1988, four sessions were devoted to the various aspects of air pollution effects on plants. These consisted of:
(a) Physiological and biochemical mechanisms of air pollutant injury on plants (Chairman: Professor T. A. Mansfield, England).
(b) Effects of multiple pollutants on crops and trees (Chairman: Professor W. J. Manning, USA).
(c) Modelling plant response to air pollution stress (Chairman: Professor V. C. Runeckles, Canada).
(d) Acidic precipitation effects on crops and trees (Chairman: Dr L. S. Evans, USA).
Professor S. Matsunaka of Japan served as the coordinator of the four sessions. Some 20 invited speakers participated in the four sessions representing among others our host Japan, Canada, Italy, Sweden, the UK,
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the USA and West Germany. To those of us who participated in the congress it was intellectually rewarding and scientifically stimulating. The ISPP Committee members thank their hosts from Japan for this.
This volume of Environmental Pollution contains some of the papers presented at the Kyoto Congress. I am personally most grateful to the Editors of Environmental Pollution for inviting me to serve as the Guest Editor for this issue and, in addition, I am indebted to them and to Elsevier Applied Science for facilitating the publication of the papers contained in this volume.
Sagar V. Krupa Professor, University o f Minnesota, USA Chairman, ISPP Committee on 'Air Pollution Effects on Plants'
