Treatment |
Number cells |
Cells in div |
Abnormalities |
Frequency of aberrant cells based on |
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|
|
|
Breaks |
bridges |
stickiness |
Binucleate |
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 |
5000 |
355 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Positive |
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