Effect of Butachlor Herbicide on Earthworm Eisenia fetida—Its Histological Perspicuity
With the advent of the Green Revolution, there has been a quantum leap in the use of synthetic herbicides and pesticides throughout the world to sustain high yielding crop varieties. Continuous use of these synthetic chemicals leads to loss of soil fertility and soil organisms. To explore the effect...
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| description | With the advent of the Green Revolution, there has been a quantum leap in the use of synthetic herbicides and pesticides throughout the world to sustain high yielding crop varieties. Continuous use of these synthetic chemicals leads to loss of soil fertility and soil organisms. To explore the effect of exposure to commercial herbicide (Butachlor) on the life history parameters (biomass, clitellum development, and cocoon production) and the histological changes in the earthworm Eisenia fetida over 60 days, the dried cow dung was contaminated with 0.2575 mg kg−1, 0.5150 mg kg−1, and 2.5750 mg kg−1 of butachlor based on the LC50 value, and a control was maintained. The mean earthworm biomass was found to be decreased with increasing herbicide concentration. Similarly, cocoon production was also reduced by the increasing herbicide concentration. A possible explanation is an increased demand for energy, needed for the regulation and detoxification of herbicide. All earthworms in the exposed group were found to have glandular cell enlargement and to be vacuolated. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c6f96aaaaa414053a2f944d8532bfa292025-08-20T02:19:44ZengWileyApplied and Environmental Soil Science1687-76671687-76752010-01-01201010.1155/2010/850758850758Effect of Butachlor Herbicide on Earthworm Eisenia fetida—Its Histological PerspicuityMuthukaruppan Gobi0Paramasamy Gunasekaran1Department of Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625 021, IndiaDepartment of Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625 021, IndiaWith the advent of the Green Revolution, there has been a quantum leap in the use of synthetic herbicides and pesticides throughout the world to sustain high yielding crop varieties. Continuous use of these synthetic chemicals leads to loss of soil fertility and soil organisms. To explore the effect of exposure to commercial herbicide (Butachlor) on the life history parameters (biomass, clitellum development, and cocoon production) and the histological changes in the earthworm Eisenia fetida over 60 days, the dried cow dung was contaminated with 0.2575 mg kg−1, 0.5150 mg kg−1, and 2.5750 mg kg−1 of butachlor based on the LC50 value, and a control was maintained. The mean earthworm biomass was found to be decreased with increasing herbicide concentration. Similarly, cocoon production was also reduced by the increasing herbicide concentration. A possible explanation is an increased demand for energy, needed for the regulation and detoxification of herbicide. All earthworms in the exposed group were found to have glandular cell enlargement and to be vacuolated.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/850758 |
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| title | Effect of Butachlor Herbicide on Earthworm Eisenia fetida—Its Histological Perspicuity |
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| title_short | Effect of Butachlor Herbicide on Earthworm Eisenia fetida—Its Histological Perspicuity |
| title_sort | effect of butachlor herbicide on earthworm eisenia fetida its histological perspicuity |
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