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Subject: Family Resource Management × Author: Akriti × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2010 ×
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    Effect of indoor plants on household environment in Ludhiana city
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2017) Akriti; Bal, Sharanbir Kaur
    The present study entitled “Effect of indoor plants on household environment in Ludhiana city” was undertaken to know the existing practices regarding the indoor plants adopted by homemakers in the houses of Ludhiana city, to measure the effect of indoor plants on household environment and to develop and test the efficacy of instructional booklet for the knowledge empowerment regarding control of pollution with indoor plants. Study was carried out in two randomly selected zones (Zone-B and Zone-D) of Ludhiana city. From each selected zone, three localities (Zone-B = Harcharan nagar, Bhagat singh colony, Ziwan nagar and from Zone-D = Hakikat nagar, Dugri phase 1, Krishna nagar) were further selected randomly. From each selected locality 20 respondents living in 300 to 500 square yards houses and indoor plants were purposively selected thus making total sample of 120 respondents. Results of the study revealed that majority of the homemakers were aware about indoor plants but had low knowledge regarding different cultural practices of indoor plants. Air-quality monitor, hygrometer and thermometer were used for objective assessment and modified scale Odour Awareness Scale (OAS) was used. In all the rooms where indoor plants were placed showed improvement in air quality both in the case of Carbon-dioxide where majority of the houses lie in limit 501-999 ppm and in case of Carbon-monoxide where majority of the houses lie in limit 0-3.5ppm. All the areas showed that both the gases were well within the permissible limit (permissible limit 1000 ppm for carbon-dioxide whereas permissible limit 9ppm for carbon-monoxide). Also showed improvement in humidity level where majority of the houses had humidity limit above 60% and temperature limit above 24oC where permissible limit is 60%. OAS revealed that people had maximum awareness for the pleasant odours (MS=3.59). Therefore, it is concluded that significant knowledge empowerment was observed in respondents after providing instructional booklet to them.