| Main Title |
Development of a Test-Tube Stress-Ethylene Bioassay for Detecting Phytotoxic Gases. |
| Author |
Craker, L. E. ;
Fillatti, J. J. ;
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| CORP Author |
Massachusetts Univ., Amherst. Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences. |
| Year Published |
1982 |
| Report Number |
EPA-R-806412; EPA-600/J-82-334; |
| Stock Number |
PB83-223743 |
| Additional Subjects |
Plants(Botany) ;
Bioassay ;
Detection ;
Gas chromatography ;
Toxic substances ;
Air pollution effects(Plants) ;
Triticum aestivum ;
Lycopersicon esculentum ;
Phytotoxicity
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| NTIS |
PB83-223743 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
10p |
| Abstract |
A rapid, quantitative bioassay for detecting phytotoxic air pollutants has been developed. The technique uses wheat Triticum aestivum L. or tomato Lycopersicon esculentum L., seedlings growing on an agar medium in test-tubes. The seedlings are exposed to a pollutant in the test-tube and stress-ethylene induced by the pollutant is quantitatively measured by gas chromatography. Increases in ethylene production from seedlings exposed to a phytotoxic air pollutant as compared with controls not exposed to pollutants were related to the pollutant concentration. |
