Publications by authors named "Maria Sabeen"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates how irrigating food crops like tomatoes and chilies with industrial wastewater containing toxic metals leads to genetic changes and chromosomal abnormalities in the plants.
- - Plants were exposed to varying metal concentrations (125-1000 mg/L), and their root tips were examined for chromosomal variations during mitosis, revealing issues such as laggards and binucleated cells.
- - Results showed that higher metal exposure increased chromosomal aberrations and decreased the mitotic index, indicating that metal stress hampers cell division and causes genetic instability in the crops, with chilies showing more significant abnormalities than tomatoes.
The potential of Arundo donax L. for phytoextraction of cadmium (Cd) from contaminated soil and water was probed. The plants were grown under greenhouse conditions in pots containing a nutrient solution or soil with increasing doses of Cd (0, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750, and 1000 μg L(-1)) for 21 days.
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