Plant bioassays for an in situ monitoring of air near an industrial area and a municipal solid waste: Zilina (Slovakia).

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Martina SolenskáMiroslav Misík

Abstract

The process of a bioindication of genotoxic effects of complex mixtures on the environment using higher plants is very appropriate and effective. We present the results of an in situ indication of the genotoxic effects of polluted environment near Zilina city. For a more complex monitoring we used: the Tradescantia micronucleus (Trad-MCN) assay, the Tradescantia microspore test and an evaluation of the abortivity of the pollen grains of native plant species. We found significant differences in the frequency of the micronuclei when using the Trad-MCN test in local of Duben. The Tradescantia pollen abortivity test showed significant differences in the frequency of the abortive pollen grains between the exposed groups and the control group. By using native plant species in the pollen abortivity test we found significant differences in both of the two locations for the four following species during two consecutive years: Artemisia vulgaris, Melilotus albus, Trifolium pratense, Typha latifolia.

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Nov 18, 2011·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment·Aleksandra Samecka-CymermanA J Kempers
Dec 18, 2010·Mutagenesis·M MisíkS Knasmueller
Apr 20, 2020·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Zbigniew M KaraczunBarbara Żarska
Feb 6, 2019·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Andrea PogányovaJozef Dušička
Jun 7, 2008·Chemosphere·Tanise KnakieviczHenrique Bunselmeyer Ferreira

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