Benzimidazole fungicides are detrimental to common farmland ants
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18470%2F18%3A50014417" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18470/18:50014417 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11120/18:43916474
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320717320438" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320717320438</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.03.004" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.biocon.2018.03.004</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Benzimidazole fungicides are detrimental to common farmland ants
Original language description
The impacts of pesticides on biodiversity of off-target organisms are neglected, and current conservation strategies pay little attention to these issues. Particularly the sublethal effects of chemical compounds used in agriculture and forestry are poorly understood, despite they may have detrimental effects on populations of the affected off-target organisms. Here, we tested the effects of 11 benzimidazole fungicides. Benzimidazole fungicides are still being widely used as broad-spectrum plant fungicides in agriculture since 1960s. We tested their effects on the fecundity and survival of queens of Myrmica rubra, a common farmland ant species, following the oral administration of the fungicides for a period of six weeks. We found that ethanolic solutions, as well as water suspensions of all but one tested benzimidazole fungicides, inhibited significantly the fecundity of M. rubra queens; in addition, the flusilazole was lethal when administered at 1.0 and 0.1 mg ml−1. Combined data suggest that the whole class of benzimidazole fungicides has detrimental sublethal effects on the tested ant species and substantially decrease the fitness of the study species. The fact that common farmland species suffer from the effects the application of any of the whole class of fungicides questions their currently widespread use as agricultural fungicides. These findings bring into question the safety of agricultural benzimidazole fungicides and we recommend that their routine spraying should be re-assessed by regulatory agencies.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Biological conservation
ISSN
0006-3207
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
221
Issue of the periodical within the volume
May
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
4
Pages from-to
114-117
UT code for WoS article
000431837800013
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85042912832