은행나무 줄기와 뿌리의 해부학적 관찰에서 횡단면의 가도관의 접선직경, 세포면적, 세포벽 두께 및 방사열에서 세포층수는 산성비의 pH가 낮아짐에 따라 감소되었다. 은행나무의 절선면에서 관찰한 줄기와 뿌리의 방추형 시원세포의 길이와 방사조직 시원세포의 길이는 산성비 처리에 의해 짧아지는 경향을 나타내었다. 곰솔의 줄기와 뿌리의 횡단면에서 가도관의 접선직경, 세포면적, 세포벽 두께 및 방사열에서 세포층수 역시 산성비 처리에 의해 pH가 낮아짐에 따라 감소되었다. 곰솔의 피층, 수와 목부의 면적은 산성비 처리에 의해 감소되었다. 따라서 산성비는 은행나무와 곰솔의 길이생장은 물론 형성층의 활동력을 감소시켜 2기목부의 분화를 둔화시키는 것으로 보인다.
Effects of the simulated acid rain on the growth response and the structural features were studied with the 3 month old seedlings of G. biloba and P. thunbergii treated with acid rain of pH 5.6, 4.0, 3.2, and 2.4. The diameter and area of tracheid cells in the transectioned stem of G. biloba decreased with acidity of simulated acid rain. The wall thickness of tracheid cells was the thinest at pH 2.4, but there was no different at other levels of pH. Increasing of the acidity, the height of tracheid cells were reduced steadily. The diameter and area of tracheid cells of the transectioned root reduced with decreasing pH of acid rain, but those at pH 3.2 were larger than those at control. The wall thickness and height of tracheid cells of root were gradually decreased with acidity of acid rain. The size variation of the fusiform cambial initials in the stem of G. biloba sections tangentially showed a shortening tendency with treatment of acid rain. The length of ray initials was the shortest at pH 2.4 and reduced with decreasing pH of acid rain. The diameter, area, wall thickness, and height of the tracheid cells in P. thunbergii stem and root decreased with decreasing pH of acid rain. The areas of the pith, cortex, and xylem in P. thunbergii treated with acid rain decreased, but the cortex and pith areas increased significantly after exposure to acid rain of pH 3.2 compared with control.
