Genotoxicity on Tradescantia pallida var. purpurea plants exposed to urban and rural environments in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, southern Brazil

• Published in: Brazilian journal of biology Vol. 72; no. 4; pp. 801 - 806
• Main Authors: Costa, G M, Droste, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 01.11.2012
• Subjects: Air Pollutants - toxicity; air pollution; Biological Assay; BIOLOGY; biomonitoring; Environmental Monitoring; genotoxic risk; micronucleus; Micronucleus Tests - methods; Rural Population; Seasons; Tradescantia - drug effects; Tradescantia - genetics; Urban Population; weather factors; micronucleus; biomonitoring; genotoxic risk; poluição do ar; fatores climáticos; micronúcleo; weather factors; biomonitoramento; air pollution; risco genotóxico

The Trad-MCN bioassay was used to investigate the genotoxicity on Tradescantia pallida var. purpurea plants exposed to variations in the environmental conditions in urban and rural sites in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, over a one-year period. In spring 2009 and in summer,...