The viability of commercial Rhizobium strains (SB-14 and SB-12) were inoculated fungicides (Mancozeb Ridomil) used as seed dressed on soybean to investigate their effect nodulation, plant growth yield soybean. Application Rhizobial inoculants alone gave the highest nodulation shoot dry weight performance well both sites. SB-12 inoculant had significantly shown be more effective than SB-14 in in...

BACKGROUND Mancozeb and its main metabolite ethylene thiourea (ETU) may alter thyroid function; thyroid hormones are essential for fetal brain development. In Costa Rica, mancozeb is aerially sprayed at large-scale banana plantations on a weekly basis. OBJECTIVES Our goals were to evaluate urinary ETU concentrations in pregnant women living near large-scale banana plantations, compare their e...

BACKGROUND AND METHODS Assessing the effects of pesticide hazards on microbiological processes in the soil is currently based on analyses that provide limited insight into the ongoing processes. This study proposes a more comprehensive approach. The side effects of pesticides may appear as changes in the expression of specific microbial genes or as changes in diversity. To assess the impact of ...

The application of pesticide is the best method to increase crops production yield. However it is also harmful to human health and the environment. The pesticides tested inthis study were Daconin, AntracolWP70 and Dithane M-45. They contain chlorothalonil, propined and mancozeb. A total of five soil samples were collected at 15 cm soil depth by systematic sampling.

Apple growers, private consultants, and extension specialists have all noted that bitter rot is increasingly common and is causing sporadic but economically significant losses throughout the northeastern and north central apple growing regions of North America. Forty years ago, bitter rot was considered a “southern disease” and apples with bitter rot were rarely observed in northern production ...

Fusarium oxysporum strain CS-20 reduces incidence of Fusarium wilt in tomato and other crops. To be integrated into most production systems, strain CS-20 must be compatible with other management practices. We assessed the compatibility of strain CS-20 with seven fungicides recommended for tomato in Maryland. Radial growth of strain CS-20 was recorded on agar medium amended with various concentr...

introduction: considering the importance and usefulness of fruits in people’s daily diet as they play an important role in determining public health and also considering the significance of pesticide residues in foods and fruits , measurement of which has been repeatedly reiterated by who and fao, this research was done. irregular use of pesticides by farmers knowingly or unknowingly without ob...

the effect of various pesticides (diflubenzuro, malathion, mancozeb and carbendazim), disinfectants (calcium hypochlorite and formaldehyde) and oil cakes (sunflower and soy-bean oil cakes) commonly used as supplements in mushroom cultivation on the growth of the nematophagous fungus, arthrobotrys oligospora, was studied under in vitro conditions. carbenazim caused 99% inhibition of radial mycel...