Cadmium induced mitotic anomalies in Hordeum vulgare and Setaria italica

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-32

  Yadav, Pushpa ^a   Srivastava, A K ^b  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CH CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Active mitotic index; Cadmium; Chromosome anomalies; Hordeum vulgare and Setaria italica; Mitotic index; Proliferation index

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS INDEX; PLANT SEED;

HORDEUM VULGARE; SETARIA ITALICA;

EID: 0031881934     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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