Evaluation of the combined effects of dimethoate and spirodiclofen on plants and earthworms in a designed microcosm experiment

• Published in: Applied soil ecology : a section of Agriculture, ecosystems & environment Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 294 - 300
• Main Authors: Santos, Miguel J.G., Ferreira, Vera, Soares, Amadeu M.V.M., Loureiro, Susana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 01.07.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: agricultural soils; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biochemistry and biology; Biological and medical sciences; Brassica rapa; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; dimethoate; Earthworms; ecosystems; ecotoxicology; Eisenia andrei; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Independent action; Microcosm; Mixtures; pesticide application; Pesticides; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; Plants; pollutants; seeds; shoots; soil ecology; Soil science; spirodiclofen; synergism; turnips; Zoology (interactions between soil fauna and agricultural or forest soils); Plants; Independent action; Mixtures; Earthworms; Microcosm; Pesticides; Insecticide; Fauna; Ecology; Annelida; Oligochaeta; Spiran; Earthworm; Acaricide; Macrofauna; Organophosphorus compounds; Soil science; Invertebrata; Dimethoate

► STEM showed to be a potential predictive tool in assessing pesticide mixtures. ► At field application rates the pesticides did not affect B.rapa and E.andrei. ► The binary mixtures had an antagonistic effect on B.rapa. ► In earthworms, synergism occurred at 10 times the field dose of both pesticid...