The Action of Atrazine Herbicide as an Inhibitor of Cell Division on Chromosomes and Nucleic Acids Content in Root Meristems of Allium cepa and Vicia faba.

A. El-Ghamery, A.; I. El-Nahas, Awatif; M. Mansour, Mahmoud

doi:10.1508/cytologia.65.277

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The Action of Atrazine Herbicide as an Inhibitor of Cell Division on Chromosomes and Nucleic Acids Content in Root Meristems of Allium cepa and Vicia faba.

Published in CYTOLOGIA • Jan 1, 2000

Authors:

A. A. El-Ghamery

Awatif I. El-Nahas

Mahmoud M. Mansour

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out to study the cytological effects of the herbicide atrazine on Allium cepa and Vicia faba with respect to the cell cycle response, mitotic index, chromosome aberrations and nucleic acids content. The root of young seedlings of V. faba and adventitious roots o...

Subject

Vicia faba

Allium

Mitotic index

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