Air Quality
Plant Applications for Improving Air Quality
 Plant Materials Centers throughout the country develop plant solutions for improving air quality. Plants improve air quality by reducing windborne particulate matter and by mitigating odors, particulates, and ammonia from concentrated animal facilities. Plants also improve the quality of air through photosynthesis, which absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and stores it as carbon in biomass and soils.
Grasses and other vegetation help to hold soil in place and reduce airborne particulate matter in areas that may be subject to wind erosion. Long-term plantings can provide high rates of carbon sequestration in soil. Windbreaks and shelterbelts are useful in reducing wind speeds; the management of PM emissions from field operations; and the management, interception, and dispersion of PM, odor, and ammonia emissions from animal facilities. Windbreaks and shelterbelts also provide a great means to sequester carbon and provide wildlife habitat.
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Plant Applications for Improving Air Quality Fact Sheet (PDF; 344 KB)
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Warm Season Grasses Ability to Mitigate Poultry Tunnel Fan Emissions. (PDF; 21K) Belt, S.V. 2011. American Society of Agronomists - 2011 Northeastern Branch Annual Meeting, Chesapeake Beach, MD. 6-27-2011. 1p. (ID# 10401) - This study shows that warm-season grass buffers assist with the mitigation of ammonia, dust and odors emitted by poultry farms.
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Technical Note 44: Using Windbreaks to Reduce Odors Associated with Livestock Production Facilities. (PDF; 285 KB) Ogle, Dan and Loren St. John (modified from NRCS-Missouri). 2005. USDA-NRCS-Missouri modified for use in Idaho and Utah, Boise, ID. TN 44, July 2005. 9p. (ID# 6111)
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Technical Note 1: Windbreak Plant Species for Odor Management around Poultry Production Facilities (PDF; 382 KB) Belt, S.V., M. van der Grinten, G. Malone, P. Patterson, R. Shockey. 2007. USDA, NRCS, National Plant Materials Center, Beltsville, MD. April 2007. 21p. (ID# 7166)
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Technical Note 44: Using Windbreaks to Reduce Odors Associated with Livestock Production Facilities (PDF; 285 KB) Ogle, Dan and Loren St. John (modified from NRCS-Missouri). 2005. USDA-NRCS-Missouri modified for use in Idaho and Utah, Boise, ID. TN 44, July 2005. 9p. (ID# 6111)
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Utilizing Warm-Season Grasses to Mitigate Poultry Tunnel Fan Emissions on the Delmarva Peninsula (PDF; 634K) Belt, S.V. 2010. Norman A. Berg National Plant Materials Center, Beltsville, MD. September 2010. 7p. (ID# 9980)
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Plants for Conservation Buffers in the Kansas PMC Service Area (PDF; 252 KB) Conway, T. 2000. USDA-NRCS, Manhattan, KS. Aug. 2000. 2p. (ID# 428)
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Plants for Conservation Buffers in the Colorado PMC Service Area (PDF; 234K) USDA-NRCS Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center. 2000. USDA-NRCS Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center, Meeker, CO. Aug. 2000. 2p. (ID# 3120)
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