DocumentCode
3340605
Title
Notice of Retraction
The Effectiveness of Eight English Ivy Cultivars in Removing the Indoor Air Pollutant Toluene and Xylene and Their Responses to Toluene and Xylene Stresses
Author
Luo Jing-Nan ; An Xue ; Pan Hui-Tang ; Wang Jia ; Zhang Qi-Xiang
Author_Institution
Coll. of Landscape Archit., Beijing Forestry Univ., Beijing, China
fYear
2011
fDate
10-12 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
7
Abstract
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
Eight English ivy (Hedera helix) cultivars were evaluated for their effectiveness in absorbing toluene and xylene of three concentrations in a simulated indoor environment. Meanwhile, the chlorophyll content, plasma membrane permeability, MDA content and POD activity were measured to assess their tolerance to toluene and xylene stresses. The results show that with the increase of the concentration of toluene and xylene, the removal capability of eight English ivy cultivars was increased. H. helix ´Ivalance´ performed best in removing toluene under three levels of toluene, followed by ´Evergreen´ and ´Lady Key´, and the removal capacity of ´Golden Child´ was the lowest. H. helix ´Lady Key´ performed best in removing xylene under three levels of xylene, followed by ´Evergreen´ and ´Ivalance´, and the removal capacity of ´Mint Kolibri´ was the lowest. The chlorophyll content, relative conductivity and MDA content of eight cultivars of H. helix were all increased with the toluene and xylene concentration. However, the changes of POD activity increased at the beginning and then decreased.
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
Eight English ivy (Hedera helix) cultivars were evaluated for their effectiveness in absorbing toluene and xylene of three concentrations in a simulated indoor environment. Meanwhile, the chlorophyll content, plasma membrane permeability, MDA content and POD activity were measured to assess their tolerance to toluene and xylene stresses. The results show that with the increase of the concentration of toluene and xylene, the removal capability of eight English ivy cultivars was increased. H. helix ´Ivalance´ performed best in removing toluene under three levels of toluene, followed by ´Evergreen´ and ´Lady Key´, and the removal capacity of ´Golden Child´ was the lowest. H. helix ´Lady Key´ performed best in removing xylene under three levels of xylene, followed by ´Evergreen´ and ´Ivalance´, and the removal capacity of ´Mint Kolibri´ was the lowest. The chlorophyll content, relative conductivity and MDA content of eight cultivars of H. helix were all increased with the toluene and xylene concentration. However, the changes of POD activity increased at the beginning and then decreased.
Keywords
air pollution control; biochemistry; bioelectric phenomena; biomembranes; botany; cellular biophysics; organic compounds; Evergreen; Golden Child; Golden Jytte; Havid Kolibri; Hedera helix; Ivalance; Lady Key; MDA content; Mint Kolibri; POD activity; White Wonder; chlorophyll content; english ivy cultivars; indoor air pollutant removal; plasma membrane permeability; relative conductivity; toluene absorption; toluene indoor air pollutant; toluene stress tolerance; xylene absorption; xylene indoor air pollutant; xylene stress tolerance; Conductivity; Forestry; Gases; Permeability; Pollution measurement; Stress;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, (iCBBE) 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Wuhan
ISSN
2151-7614
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5088-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/icbbe.2011.5781255
Filename
5781255
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