Toxicity of parathion-methyl to cells, akinetes and heterocysts of the cyanobacterium Cylindrospermum sp. and the probit analysis of toxicity

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-202

  Panigrahi, Sibananda ^a   Padhy, Sachidananda ^a   Padhy, Rabindra N ^a  

^a Khallikote College   (India)

Author keywords

Akinete; Cyanobacterium; Cylindrospermum; Detoxification; Insecticide; N2 fixation; Parathion methyl; Probit; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; INSECTICIDE; PHYTOTOXICITY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYLINDROSPERMUM;

EID: 0141504088     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2003.tb00286.x     Document Type: Article

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