Evaluation of the joint effect of glyphosate and dimethoate using a small-scale terrestrial ecosystem

• Published in: Ecotoxicology and environmental safety Vol. 74; no. 7; pp. 1994 - 2001
• Main Authors: Santos, Miguel J.G., Morgado, Rui, Ferreira, Nuno Gonçalo C., Soares, Amadeu M.V.M., Loureiro, Susana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA Elsevier Inc 01.10.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: acetylcholinesterase; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Binary mixtures; Biological and medical sciences; biomarkers; Biomarkers - analysis; Brassica rapa; Brassica rapa - drug effects; Brassica rapa - growth & development; catalase; dimethoate; Dimethoate - pharmacology; earthworms; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Eisenia andrei; Exposure; Feeding; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; germination; Germination - drug effects; Glycine - analogs & derivatives; Glycine - pharmacology; Glyphosate; Herbicides; Herbicides - pharmacology; Independent Action; Insecticides - pharmacology; Isopoda; Isopoda - drug effects; lipid peroxidation; Lipids; Microcosm; Mixtures; Oligochaeta - drug effects; pesticide application; plant growth; Plant protection products; Porcellionides pruinosus; Portugal; Scanning transmission electron microscopy; seeds; Seeds - growth & development; shoots; soil; Soil (material); Soil - chemistry; Soil Pollutants - pharmacology; Synecology; synergism; turnips; Portugal; Independent Action; Mixtures; Plant protection products; Microcosm; Insecticide; Ecotoxicology; Toxicity; Small scale; Pesticides; Organic phosphonate; Systemic; Glyphosate; Herbicide; Aminoacid; Ecosystem; Environment; Organophosphorus compounds; Dimethoate; Organic compounds

In the present work a small-scale terrestrial ecosystem (STEM) containing a soil collected from an agricultural field in Central Portugal was used to evaluate the effects of the combination of the herbicide glyphosate and the insecticide dimethoate. Earthworms ( Eisenia andrei), isopods ( Porcellion...