Toxic effects of acephate on Paramecium caudatum with special emphasis on morphology, behaviour, and generation time

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 131-137

  Venkateswara Rao, J ^a   Srikanth, K ^a   Arepalli, S K ^a   Gunda, V G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acephate; Behaviour; Cell lysis; Cytotoxic; Generation number and time; Morphology; Paramecium caudatum

Indexed keywords

PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM;

EID: 33749644150     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: 10959939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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