1994 Volume 59 Issue 4 Pages 419-422
Treatment of different concentrations of Dithane M-45, Aldrex-30 and Metacid-50 showed positive chromotoxic effects in Allium cepa root meristem. Effects included high lethality for cell division, clumping, bridges, fragments, cytomixis, disturbed polarity etc. Such genotoxic effects warrants frequent use of these chemicals.