Table 3.
Treatment classes | Group abbrev. | Types of chromosomal aberrations |
TCA | Reduction% | |||||||
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Gap | Break | Deletion | Fragment | C.A | End. | Aneuploidy | |||||
Class I: Malathion Non-exposed | Control + 0 ppm Mal. | C | 0.80 ± 0.37c | 0.00 ± 0.00c | 0.40 ± 0.24c | 0.80 ± 0.37c | 1.60 ± 0.68c | 0.00 ± 0.00b | 3.40 ± 0.40a | 7.00 ± 1.05c | |
Pollen + 0 ppm Mal. | Gr1 | 1.20 ± 0.58cb | 0.20 ± 0.20c | 0.80±.37c | 1.20 ± 0.20c | 2.60 ± 0.40cb | 0.00 ± 0.00b | 3.00 ± 0.63a | 9.00 ± 0.71c | ||
Propolis + 0 ppm Mal. | Gr2 | 1.00 ± 0.55c | 0.40 ± 0.24c | 0.80 ± 0.37c | 0.60 ± 0.24c | 3.80 ± 0.66ab | 0.00 ± 0.00b | 2.80 ± 0.37a | 9.40 ± 1.12c | ||
Class II: Malathion Exposed | Control + 5 ppm Mal. | Gr3 | 3.00 ± 0.55a | 3.00 ± 0.55a | 4.80 ± 0.58a | 4.20 ± 0.73a | 5.20 ± 0.97a | 1.00 ± 0.44a | 4.00 ± 0.89a | 25.20 ± 2.22a | |
Pollen + 5 ppm Mal. | Gr4 | 2.80 ± 0.66ab | 1.60 ± 0.24b | 3.20 ± 0.48b | 1.40 ± 0.24cb | 2.80 ± 0.49cb | 0.20 ± 0.20b | 2.80 ± 0.37a | 14.80 ± 1.36b | 57.14% | |
Propolis + 5 ppm Mal. | Gr5 | 3.00 ± 0.55a | 1.60 ± 0.24b | 4.00 ± 0.31ab | 2.40 ± 0.24b | 3.00 ± 0.63cb | 0.80 ± 0.37ab | 3.00 ± 0.55a | 17.80 ± 0.66b | 40.00% |
C.A, End and TCA indicated Centromere attenuations, Endomitosis and total chromosomal aberrations, respectively. Mal.: malathion. Data were expressed as mean ± S.E. (n = 5 per each group) Values with different superscript letters (a, b, c) were significantly different (P < 0.05).