Effect of pesticides on the growth of aquatic hyphomycetes |
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Authors: | K R Chandrashekar K M Kaveriappa |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biosciences, Mangalore University, India. |
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Abstract: | The effect of two herbicides (paraquat and 2,4-dichlorophenoxybutyric acid) and two fungicides (mancozeb and captafol) was studied on the growth of Flagellospora penicillioides, Lunulospora curvula and Phalangispora constricta using the poisoned-food technique. The pesticides did not produce any inhibition of growth at concentrations up to 5 mg/l. The required concentration to bring about total inhibition of growth varied among the chemicals and the cultures. The herbicides produced a slight enhancement of culture growth at concentrations ranging from 1 to 25 mg/l. |
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