Publication: Plants as a tool for the environmental health assessment
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2019
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© 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.To assess possible consequences of the environment contamination for biota and human, analytical control methods and biological monitoring need to be used simultaneously. This helps in an identification of the relationships between the pollutant concentrations and the biological effects they cause. Plant bioassays are well-established test-systems, providing many advantages at biological monitoring of the polluted environment. Basic principles of the environment health assessment with plants are discussed. A variety of endpoints used in plant bioassays such as gene mutations, cytogenetic disturbances, embryo lethals, etc. are considered. Standard indicator species such as Tradescantia or Allium cepa are often used in laboratory-based short-term studies that provide standardized methods for estimating genotoxicity and toxicity. Field studies on wild plant populations or crops, directly growing in contaminated sites, are an appropriate way for assessing the environment quality. Most important requirements for a test-species choice from natural flora are listed, and available bioindicators and assays are discussed. An effective linking of bioindication screening to well-established environmental pollution monitoring is a way of improving and upgrading an existing system of public and environment protection in order to meet requirements of consistency between current scientific knowledge and decision-making processes.
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Geras'kin, S. Plants as a tool for the environmental health assessment / Geras'kin, S., Evseeva, T., Oudalova, A. // Encyclopedia of Environmental Health. - 2019. - P. 239-248. - 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11576-3