ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Application of White Mustard (Sinapis alba)
Biotest in the Assessment of Environmental
Contamination by Glyphosate
Tadeusz Banaszkiewicz, Karol Wysocki
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture,
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Prawocheńskiego 21, 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Prawocheńskiego 21, 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2012;21(5):1161–1166
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ABSTRACT
The aim of our experiment was to examine the influence of glyphosate on photosynthesis in plants and
to check the usefulness of Sinapis alba for monitoring water contamination by glyphosate. The experiment
was carried out in a phytotron chamber. It was divided into two parts. The first one determined the effect of a
glyphosate herbicide (Glyfos 360 SL) on chlorophyll “a” activity in white mustard (Sinapis alba) seedlings
placed in water. The second part assessed the white mustard response to contamination (by glyphosate) of
water originating from the first part of the study. Changes in chlorophyll “a” activity occurred within 24h exposure
of the plants to the herbicide. In the second part of the research, inhibition of over 47% of white mustard
root growth was found as a result of 3-day exposure to water in which the test plant seedlings had been placed,
following 48h-hour treatment with glyphosate herbicide at 7.2 ml/l concentration. This indicates the high utility
of white mustard (Sinapis alba) in the assessment of environmental contamination by glyphosate.
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