Seven higher plant species (Allium cepa, Arabidopsis thaliana, Glycine max, Hordeum vulgaris. Tradescantia paludosa, Vicia faba, and Zea mays) were reviewed for their ability to detect genotoxicity of chemical agents under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Gene-Tox program in the
Protoplasts isolated from rapidly dividing cell suspension cultures of either Nicotiana sylvestris or tumor derived cultures of Crepis capillaris were fused by PEG or liposome treatments to form homokaryons. Analysis of binucleates by Feulgen microspectrophotometry, and autoradiography, has revealed