The Most Sensitive Cabbage

Ozone rarefaction does not only cause global warming. William Manning's research result from University of Massachusetts, USA, shows that ozone rarefaction also disrupts the growth of plants. It is proven from a variety of vegetables that were cultivated in rooms with different ozone level. The thinner the ozone layer, the size, weight, or the amount of biomass that the plants yielded diminish 10—20% on the average. The member of the Family Brassicaceae and Fabaceae are the most sensitive against the diminishing of ozone level on the atmosphere.***