SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1991
STP19527S

Identification of Aneuploidy-Inducing Agents Using the Wheat Seedling Assay

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A short-term assay using Chinese Spring wheat for detecting induced aneuploidy and/or clastogenicity is described. Seeds of virescent wheat (v1v1) are treated with a test agent. The appearance of white sectors (v1v1v1) or green sectors (v10) on the virescent leaves indicates the gain or loss of a chromosome or a segment of a chromosome-bearing v1 allele. Three test chemicals, chromium trioxide (100 to 5000 (μg/mL), chromium dichromate (500 to 5000 μg/mL), and cyclophosphamide (100 to 1000 μg/mL) produced a dose-related positive response for chromosome aberrations in this assay.

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Sandhu, SS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
Dhesi, JS
North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
Gill, BS
Environmental Health Research and Testing, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC
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Developed by Committee: E47
Pages: 326–330
DOI: 10.1520/STP19527S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5173-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-1422-7