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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, D. G. Vaishnav College (Autonomous), Arumbakkam, Chennai- 600 106, Tamil Nadu, IN
Source
Asian Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol 4, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 160-164
Abstract
Higher plants are recognized as excellent genetic models to detect environmental mutagens, and are therefore, frequently used in monitoring studies. When this study, the cytogenetic activities of systemic fungicide (Benomyl) were investigated in the mitotic cell division in onion plant (Allium cepa L.).Onion ischolar_mains were treated with 1g/L, 2g/L and 3g/L concentrations of benomyl and distilled water as control at 3 hours, 6 hours and 12 hours duration. All the concentrations used, caused several abnormalities in mitotic cell divisions and the Mitotic Index in the onion ischolar_main tip cells decreased when the concentrations of benomyl solution is increased. Based on our findings, it is reported that benomyl has some negative effects on mitotic divisions in onion ischolar_main tip cells.
Keywords
Benomyl, Allium cepa L., Root Tip, Mitotic Index.
