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Increasing genetic variability in black oats using gamma irradiation

G. Silveira, Moliterno, E., Ribeiro, G., Costa, P. M. A., Woyann, L. G., Tessmann, E. W., Oliveira, A. C., and Cruz, C. D., Increasing genetic variability in black oats using gamma irradiation, vol. 13, pp. 10332-10340, 2014.

The black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb) is commonly used for forage, soil cover, and green manure. Despite its importance, little improvement has been made to this species, leading to high levels of genotypic disuniformity within commercial cultivars. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of different doses of gamma rays [60Co] applied to black oat seeds on the increase of genetic variability of agronomic traits. We applied doses of 0, 10, 50, 100, and 200 Gy to the genotype ALPHA 94087 through exposure to [60Co].

Genotoxic evaluation of the organophosphorous pesticide temephos

C. Alessandra Aiub, Aiub, C. Alessandra, Coelho, E. Cristina A., Sodré, E., Pinto, L. Felipe Rib, and Felzenszwalb, I., Genotoxic evaluation of the organophosphorous pesticide temephos, vol. 1, pp. 159-166, 2002.

The chemical compound temephos (0,0,0',0'-tetrametyl-0,0'-thiodi-p-phenylene phosphorothioate) is an organophosphorous pesticide that has been used in Brazil since 1967 in control campaigns against the mosquito Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue and yellow fever. We used single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE), SOS/umu and Ames/Salmonella assays to test the toxicity and mutagenicity of temephos. Temephos was genotoxic in the SCGE assay, inducing severe DNA lesions (type IV lesions) at doses above 1.34 µM.

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