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Yeast grown in continuous culture systems can detect mutagens with improved sensitivity relative to the Ames test.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Continuous culture systems allow for the controlled growth of microorganisms over a long period of time. Here, we develop a novel test for mutagenicity that involves growing yeast in continuous culture systems exposed to low levels of mutagen for a ...
Joseph Y Ong   +4 more
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IMPACT OF DIFFERENT DOSES OF GAMMA IRRADIATION AND ETHYL METHANE SULPHONATE (EMS) ON PLANT GROWTH AND BULB YIELD OF ONION (Allium cepa L.) [PDF]

open access: yesActa Scientifica Malaysia
This study was conducted at Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) research farm, Mymensingh during November 2021 to March 2022 to evaluate the effect of gamma irradiation and chemical mutagen on growth and yield of onion.
Ghosh Shompa Rani   +3 more
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Characteristics of action of nitrosoalkylureas on cell level in winter wheat

open access: yesVìsnik Dnìpropetrovsʹkogo Unìversitetu: Serìâ Bìologìâ, Ekologìâ, 2016
Here we report the cytogenetic characteristics of variability of mutation induction in new wheat varieties and some relationships between the means of the cytogenetic characteristics and different doses and types of mutagens.
M. M. Nazarenko
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Plaques Formed by Mutagenized Viral Populations Have Elevated Coinfection Frequencies

open access: yesmBio, 2017
The plaque assay is a common technique used to measure virus concentrations and is based upon the principle that each plaque represents a single infectious unit.
Elizabeth R. Aguilera   +4 more
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Dose Optimization, Mutagenic Effectiveness and Efficiency of EMS in Proso Millet (Panicum miliaceum L.)

open access: yesMadras Agricultural Journal, 2022
Mutation breeding is an important approach to crop improvement. Identifyingbeneficial mutagen and its optimum dose are the prerequisites for anysuccessful mutation breeding program.
Neethu Francis   +5 more
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Chemical carcinogenic and mutagenic agents in the workplace, Poland, 2008–2010

open access: yesMedycyna Pracy, 2013
Background: The aim of this paper is to present a concise but comprehensive information on the occurrence of carcinogenic or mutagenic agents in Polish enterprises and the number of workers exposed to those agents reported to the central register by ...
Katarzyna Konieczko   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agronomic Performance of Sweet Corn Yield and Quality Due to Colchicine Application [PDF]

open access: yesBIO Web of Conferences
This study aimed to determine the agronomic performance of sweet corn plants due to the administration of colchicine to seeds that had germinated and were soaked in colchicine with different soaking durations.
Lestari Mahayu Woro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mutagen induced cytological aberrations in Capsicum annuum L [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Seeds of Capsicum annuum L. varieties Co -1 and Ujwala were treated with potent chemical mutagen, Ethyl methane sulphonate. Various types of meiotic chromosomal aberrations and a dose dependant decrease in pollen fertility were observed in M 1 generation.
J E Thoppil, C M Abdul Salam1
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Report on the mutagenicity of flavone derivatives and their contribution to advancing scientific knowledge

open access: yesProceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and Biological Sciences
Flavonoids, such as quercetin and kaempferol, and their glycosides, are widely distributed in vegetables and fruits. Sugimura, T. et al. investigated the mutagenicity of flavone derivatives, and found that quercetin and kaempferol showed high mutagenic ...
Yukari TOTSUKA, Keiji WAKABAYASHI
doaj   +1 more source

Mutagenic Effect of Diethyl Sulphate (DES) on the Chromosomes of Silkworm Bombyx mori L(Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)

open access: yesJournal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2010
The silkworms of NB4D2 variety were treated with chemical mutagen Diethyl sulphate (DES). The larvae were subjected to two methods of treatments i.e., oral administration of the chemical mutagen and by injection of 8mM and 10mM concentrations of chemical
G Lokesh, SR Ananthanarayana
doaj   +1 more source

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