Evaluation of toxic and interactive toxic effects of three agrochemicals and copper using a battery of microbiotests

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4610-4615

  Kungolos, A ^a   Emmanouil, C ^b   Tsiridis, V ^a   Tsiropoulos, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Binary mixtures; Bioassays; Copper; Fosthiazate; Imidacloprid; Metalaxyl M

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; EXPECTED EFFECTS; FOSTHIAZATE; IMIDACLOPRID; INDEPENDENT ACTION; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; METALAXYL; METALAXYL-M; MODE OF ACTION; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; SINGLE COMPOUND; SINGLE-DOSE; SUBCAPITATA; TEST ORGANISMS; TOXIC COMPOUNDS; TOXIC EFFECT; TROPHIC LEVEL; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; INSECTICIDES; TESTING; TOXICITY;

BINARY MIXTURES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; COPPER; FOSTHIAZATE; IMIDACLOPRID; METALAXYL M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGROCHEMICAL; BIOASSAY; COPPER; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOXICITY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAPHNIA; IC 50; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

AGROCHEMICALS; ALANINE; ALGAE; ANIMALS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; COPPER; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMIDAZOLES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THIAZOLIDINES; TOXICITY TESTS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 67349160418     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.04.038     Document Type: Article

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