Pollen grain bioassay for environmental pollution screening

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-180

  Paradiž, Jasna ^a   Lovka, Milan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cytogenetic bioassay; Perennials; Radioactive contamination; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTOXICITY; IRRADIATION; POLLEN GRAIN; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION;

VICIA FABA;

EID: 0033369857     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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