In‐vitro systems for studying phytotoxicity and metabolic fate of pesticides and xenobiotics in plants

摘要

AbstractPlant cell cultures have been used for an ecotoxicological evaluation of pesticides and xenobiotics and results are compared with those using intact plants grown under aseptic conditions. Both plant test systems were able to metabolize the compounds by common metabolic pathways. Qualitatively, the metabolites were the same in both systems. However, using cell suspension cultures, the results may be obtained more quickly with less analytical expense. Such cultures are therefore useful systems for obtaining rapid evidence of the ecotoxicological behaviour of chemicals in plants.