Effects of atrazine on soil microorganisms
2006
Radivojevic, Lj.(Institut za pesticide i zastitu zivotne sredine, Beograd (Serbia)) | Santric, Lj.(Institut za pesticide i zastitu zivotne sredine, Beograd (Serbia)) | Stankovic-Kalezic, R.(Institut za pesticide i zastitu zivotne sredine, Beograd (Serbia))
Effects of the herbicide atrazine on soil microorganisms was investigated. Trials were set up in laboratory, on a clay loam soil. Atrazine was applied at 8.0, 40.0 and 80.0 mg/kg soil rates. The abundance of total microorganisms, fungi, actinomycetes, cellulolytic microorganisms and amino-heterotrophs was recorded. Soil samples were collected 1, 7, 14, 21, 30 and 60 days after atrazine treatment for microbiological analyses. The results showed that the intensity of atrazine effect on soil microorganisms depended on treatment rate, exposure time and group of microorganisms. Atrazine had an inhibiting effect on cellulolytic microorganisms and amino-heterotrophs. Initially, it inhibited fungi, and actinomycetes but its effect turned into a stimulating one once a population recovered. Atrazine had a stimulating effect on total abundance of microorganisms.
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