Treatment

Number cells

Cells in div

Abnormalities

Frequency of aberrant cells based on

 

 

 

Breaks

bridges

stickiness

Binucleate
Cells

total aberrantcells

total cells scored

Number of dividing cells

Tartrazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.1ng/ml-1

5000

310

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.0ng/ml-1

5000

325

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.0 ng/ml-1

5000

380

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5ng/ml-1

5000

305

-

4

-

4

8 *

0.16

2.62

Negative
Control

5000

355

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Positive
Control a

5000

360

7

8

15

3

33

0.66

9.2

Table 1:a Ethyl metil sulfoxide (0.2 %)

*Z= 7.10, significant at P< 0.05

Figure 1 Effect of Tartrazine on Root Growth Control;0.1 ng/ml-1; 1.0 ng/ml-1; 3 ng/ml-1; 5 ng/ml-1

Figure 2 Effect of tartrazine on proliferative activity in the meristematic zone of the roots. Control;0.1 ng/ml-1; 1ng/ml-1; 3 ng/ml-1; 5 ng/ml-1