Influences of Cyanobacterial Toxins Microcystins on the Seedling of Plants
Figure 5. Normal leaves from control (a) and abnormal
leave s from M C ex posure (b) of Brassica rapa -chinensis at 7
days of incubation. Arrows indicate the difference in size
and the brown c olor at margin of the yo ung leaves.
be attributed to the impact of MC on chlorophyll content.
The results of this study confirm the potent toxicity of
cyanobacterial toxins from Dau Tieng Reservoir on
plants. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the
effects of MC on seedlings of B. rapa-chinensis, B. na-
rinosa and N. officinale.
Ackno wledgements
Thi s stud y is fund ed b y the Vietnam National University—
Hochiminh City under the granted projects numbers
B2012-24-01TD and A2013-48-01.
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