Phytotoxicity Assay of Crude Oil Using Different Accessions of Sorghum bicolor

Autor: K.L. Njoku, M.O. Akinola, O.R. Oshodin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment, Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp 235-243 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2079-2115
2079-2123
Popis: The toxicity of crude oil on ten accessions of Sorghum bicolor Moench was evaluated in this study. The study used germination, shoot length, root length, chromosomal abnormalities, mitotic indices and EC50 as bioassay parameters in the evaluation with 0% to 8% of crude oil as treatments. The percentage germination of seeds of the different accessions in the different treatments were significantly different (p
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