Cytological effect of the potassium metabisulphite and potassium nitrate food preservative on root tips of Allium cepa L.

Cytologia

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-128

  Gömürgen, Ayşe Nihal ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chromosome abnormalities; Food preservative; Potassium metabisulphide; Potassium nitrate

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 23944515279     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.70.119     Document Type: Article

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