Imidacloprid modifies the mitotic kinetics and causes both aneugenic and clastogenic effects in the macrophyte Bidens laevis L.

Germán Lukaszewicz, Fernando G. Iturburu, Daniela S. Garanzini, Mirta L. Menone, Stephan Pflugmacher

Heliyon · 2019 · 12 citations · 28 references

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through two different mechanisms (aneugenic and clastogenic) and the wide spread use of IMI in agriculture, these mechanisms of toxicity on macrophytes should be considered among other recognized effects of this insecticide on aquatic biota.

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