Genotoxicity of the Insecticide Cyolan on Mitosis, Meiosis and Seed Storage Proteins of Vicia faba

Abstract

The insecticide cyolan was examined for the induction of mitotic and meiotic abnormalities and changes in the banding patterns of M₂ seed storage protein in Vicia faba plants. The used insecticide solution had mitodepressive effect and induced a wide range of mitotic and meiotic abnormalities. On the protein level, the results for the 3 major fractions of seed storage proteins in Vicia faba, as revealed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, showed mutagenic effects for insecticide. In general, all treatments caused decrease in the amount of proteins.