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- Title
Effects of some herbicides on soil enzyme activities.
- Authors
Davies, Hazel A.; Greaves, M. P.
- Abstract
Effects of glyphosate, paraquat, trifluralin and atrazine on activities of dehydrogenase, phosphatase and urease in one soil were measured. Only glyphosate at 21.6 kg/ha was found to inhibit the enzyme activities and generally the results were not statistically significant. Enzyme activity associated with micro-organisms proliferating in soil supplemented with lucerne meal was similarly not affected by the herbicides. Interpretation of results from enzyme activity measurements in soils treated with herbicides is discussed. It is proposed that effects of natural stress can be used to judge the relative importance of herbicide induced change.
- Subjects
HERBICIDES; PESTICIDES; GLYPHOSATE; DEHYDROGENASES; ENZYMES
- Publication
Weed Research, 1981, Vol 21, Issue 5, p205
- ISSN
0043-1737
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3180.1981.tb00119.x