Abstract:Ecological bioassays using higher plants were included in a test battery because vegetation is the dominant biological component of terrestrial ecosystem, and they could reflect the toxicity of hazardous chemicals in soils, therefore providing an alternative method for the evaluation of toxic effects such as adverse effects of a bioavailable fraction of pollutants in a complex soil matrix. It is well known that a reduction in toxicity of a complex mixture could not be measured by parent compound disappearan...