Benzimidazole fungicides are detrimental to common farmland ants
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v 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>
Nalezeny alternativní kódy
RIV/00216208:11120/18:43916474
Výsledek na webu
<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>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Benzimidazole fungicides are detrimental to common farmland ants
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
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.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Benzimidazole fungicides are detrimental to common farmland ants
Popis výsledku anglicky
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.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
—
OECD FORD obor
10619 - Biodiversity conservation
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
—
Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2018
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Biological conservation
ISSN
0006-3207
e-ISSN
—
Svazek periodika
221
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
May
Stát vydavatele periodika
GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska
Počet stran výsledku
4
Strana od-do
114-117
Kód UT WoS článku
000431837800013
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85042912832