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- Title
Evaluation of the Toxicity, AChE Activity and DNA Damage Caused by Imidacloprid on Earthworms, Eisenia fetida.
- Authors
Wang, Kai; Qi, Suzhen; Mu, Xiyan; Chai, Tingting; Yang, Yang; Wang, Dandan; Li, Dongzhi; Che, Wunan; Wang, Chengju
- Abstract
Imidacloprid is a well-known pesticide and it is timely to evaluate its toxicity to earthworms ( Eisenia fetida). In the present study, the effect of imidacloprid on reproduction, growth, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and DNA damage in earthworms was assessed using an artificial soil medium. The median lethal concentration (LC) and the median number of hatched cocoons (EC) of imidacloprid to earthworms was 3.05 and 0.92 mg/kg respectively, the lowest observed effect concentration of imidacloprid about hatchability, growth, AChE activity and DNA damage was 0.02, 0.5, 0.1 and 0.5 mg/kg, respectively.
- Subjects
ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DNA damage; IMIDACLOPRID; EISENIA foetida; PESTICIDE toxicology; ARTIFICIAL plant growing media
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 2015, Vol 95, Issue 4, p475
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00128-015-1629-y