The genotoxicity of quinolone and fluroquinolones was assessed using the micronucleus (MN) test on Vicia faba roots by direct contact exposure to a solid matrix. Plants were exposed to quinolones (nalidixic acid) and fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin) alone or mixed with artificially contaminated soils. Four different concentrations of each of these antibiotics were tested (0.01,...

Differently tilled faba bean cultivations, in particular, require a comprehensive study of weed diversity, abundance, and seedbank due to the lack experimental data. Therefore, 2016–2018, field trials were conducted at Vytautas Magnus University on basis long-term tillage experiment. Conventional deep shallow plowing, chiseling, disking, no-tillage systems investigated. According results invest...

Disinfection of surface drinking water, in particular water chlorination, produces many by-products with genotoxic and/or carcinogenic activity. The aim of this research was to evaluate the genotoxicity of surface water after treatment with different disinfectants by means of in situ plant genotoxicity assays. The study was carried out in a pilot plant using lake water after sedimentation and f...

The exposure of mitotic or meiotic cells to ionizing radiation or certain drugs produces chromosome aberrations which appear as side-arm bridges at anaphase . The aberration has been so named because the bridge apparently involves a chromosomal strand smaller than either of the anaphase chromosome arms, i .e ., a subchromatid exchange (Nebel, 1936 ; Swanson, 1947 ; Crouse, 1954 ; LaCour and Rut...

Lennefors, B-L. 2006. Molecular breeding for resistance to rhizomania in sugar beets. Doctor’s dissertation ISSN: 1652-6880, ISBN: 91-576-7255-5 Rhizomania is one of the most destructive sugar beet diseases. It is caused by Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) vectored by the soilborne protoctist Polymyxa betae Keskin. The studies in this thesis evaluated natural and transgenic resistances t...