Air Quality effects Along with Potential Agricultural Solution to Amid COVID-19
Hanuman Singh Jatav
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Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-303329, Jaipur, India.
Kailash Chandra
Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-303329, Jaipur, India.
Udit Nandan Mishra
Biochemistry and Plant Physiology, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi, Gajpati-761211, Odisha, India.
Subhash Chand
ICAR- Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India.
Champa Lal Khatik
Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-303329, Jaipur, India.
Mudasser Ahmed Khan
Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-303329, Jaipur, India.
Sanjay Kumar Attar
Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-303329, Jaipur, India.
Shish Ram Dhaka
Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-303329, Jaipur, India.
Ramu Meena
Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-303329, Jaipur, India.
. Ompraksh
Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-303329, Jaipur, India.
Shaantanu Dabi
Government Lohia College, Churu-331001, Rajasthan, India.
Mukesh Nitharwal
Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-303329, Jaipur, India.
Subhita Kumawat
Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-303329, Jaipur, India.
Jhumar lal
Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner-303329, Jaipur, India.
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Abstract
Life forms and their health status are highly dependent on the surrounding environment especially on the air quality as air and its constituents are the basic requirements for life sustenance on earth. Booming population and their dependency on machineries such as vehicles for their mass transportation has tortured the mother earth with polluted environment. This has affected the quality of air that we breathe and in turn affects our health status. Some of the notable air pollutants (PM10, PM2.5, CO, NO, SO2, O3 NH3 and Pb) serve as the means to determine the air quality index. This article outlines the impact of air quality on humans and plants as well as the effect of lockdown due to novel Corona virus (COVID-19) on air quality globally. In order to intervene the communal spread of COVID-19 governments across different continents have imposed restrictions on public movement and gathering which has reduced the mass transportation and usage of vehicles. This has benefited the air quality by reducing the pollutants in atmosphere and it is needless to say this is a blessing in disguise amid COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords: Air quality index, air pollutants, lockdown, COVID-19