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Groundcovers can improve the air quality, and the ability of improvement varies with different groundcovers and planting patterns. The results showed the average total dust interception ratio (DIA) is 33.5 %; excluding the distance effect, the average net DIA is 17.3 %. By the means of groundcovers deposition, the groundcovers with various types of plants, multi-layered planting, and broader planting belt had better ability of improving the air quality.
Comparing variations of dust interception capacity (DIC) in 30 common groundcovers, controlling the soil particulate and the leaf unit area under the same condition in the lab, we found that there were a lot of variety between different groundcovers. We found that the plant with rough and folding leave surface (e.g. Coleus blumei Benth., Lantana camara L.), the plant with small and rough leaves (e.g. Duranta repens, Altemanthera paronychioides cv. #Picta#), the plant with firm leaves or paste particles (e.g. Syngonium podophyllum Schott, Rhoeo spathaceo cv ‘Compacta’) had higher efficiencies. In addition, the leaf area index (LAI) is also a determinant factor of the DIC per planting area. On the DIC per planting area effect, the role of LAI was more important than that of DIC. The DIC of per planting area of Duranta repens, Schefflera arboricola Hay., Lantana camara L., Melampodium paludosum, and Wedelia trilobata is higher. Moreover, when plants leaves are in the wet status, compared to dry status, the DIC of the leaves can enhance 4.1 to 22.9 times.
Measuring the decrease of chlorophyll fluorsence (Fv/Fm) as the index of dust-resisting ability (DRA) of plants when the leaf is pullulated by dust. The result showed that Murraya paniculata (Linn.) Jack., Melampodium paludosum, Serissa japonica (Thunb.) Thunb., and Impatiens wallerana Hook.f had better performances. Therefore, we found that Melampodium paludosum, Serissa japonica (Thunb.) Thunb., Wedelia trilobata, Duranta repens, Impatiens wallerana Hook.f, and Lantana camara L. had better performances both in the DIC and the DRA in 30 groundcovers.
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