David - The expert on that particular question is Dr. Dave Grantz, UCAL- Riverside, but stationed at the Kearney Ag Ctr. You can get his email off of their website. He's published on this and helped with CASAC when they set the NAAQS for particulates.
Howard S. Neufeld Professor Dept. of Biology Appalachian State University Boone, NC On Sep 6, 2017 1:16 PM, "David Inouye" <dwino...@gmail.com> wrote: > The southern Rockies in Colorado, e.g., around the Rocky Mountain > Biological Lab, are experiencing very hazy air quality from wildfires > burning further west and north. As I looked out on the mountains from my > 12,300 foot field site yesterday I wondered whether the particles causing > that haze are small enough to pass through stomata, and if so, what happens > once they do. Are they incorporated into plant cells? Metabolized? > Sequestered? >
