Book Description

Assessment of genotoxicity in an IPM program for corn/soybean with the Tradescantia micronuclleus assay; Tradescantia and the trad-MCN assay; Trad-MCn: fundamentals and development of the system; The trad-MCN assay as a monitoring system for environmental genotoxicity - a review of the literature; Air pollution; Water pollution; Soil contaminants and soil amendments; Pesticides and health-related agents; Cosmic rays and electromagnetic fields; Trad-MCn complete assessment of an IPM program; The IPM program and IPM demonstration field under study; Demonstration field experimental design; Soil sampling, extraction, and testing; Tradescantia stock, maintenance, and general conditions of experimentation; Assay of commercial formulations; In situ exposure assay; Genotoxicity of pesticide residues extracted from soil; Assay of commercial formulations; In situ exposure assay; In situ assessment of pesticide mutagenicity in an integrated pest management program with the Tradescantia stamen hair mutation, the maize waxy mutation, and the soybean leaf mosaicism assays; Tradescantia stamen hair assay; Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) leaf mosaicism assay; Maize (Zea mays [L.]) waxy pollen grain assay; Multitechnique assessment of pesticide mutagenesis in an IPM demonstration field in situ; Plant stocks, multiplication and maintenance; Exposure, sampling, and analysis; Tradescantia stamen hair assay; Soybean leaf mosaicism assay; Maize waxy pollen grain forward mutation assay.