Groundwater pollution with pesticides is a problem that occurs all over the world as well in Slovenia. Considering past high loads of groundwater pesticides, purpose presented research was to determine presence Krško-Brežiško polje period 2018-2019 and check applicability passive sampling method. A total 21 samples were taken at 11 locations 2 each Sava Krka rivers. We identified 15 their degra...

Aquatic ecosystems are exposed to multiple stressors such as agricultural run-off (ARO) and climate-change related increase of temperature. We aimed determine how ARO the frequency its input can affect shallow lake through direct indirect effects on primary producers consumers, whether warming mitigate or reinforce impact ARO. performed a set microcosm experiments simulating using cocktail thre...

Views on the entry of organic pollutants into matter (OM) decaying process are divergent, and in part poorly understood. To clarify these interactions, pesticide dissipation was monitored mineral soils not adapted to contaminants for 241 days; groundwater sediment slurries pesticides 399 their sterilized counterparts with without peat (5%) or compost-peat-sand (CPS, 15%) mixture addition. The r...

Abstract This study investigates the contamination potential of herbicides to groundwater with help numerical modeling (HYDRUS‐1D) and stable carbon isotopes for characterizing biodegradation. Four herbicides, metolachlor, terbuthylazine, prosulfuron, nicosulfuron, were applied over a period 4.5 years on two lysimeters located in Wielenbach, Germany, monitored by lysimeter drainage. These conta...

Vegetative filter strips (VFS) are an environmental management tool used to reduce sediment and pesticide transport from surface runoff. Numerical models of VFS such as the Vegetative Filter Strip Modeling System (VFSMOD-W) are capable of predicting runoff, sediment, and pesticide reduction and can be useful tools to understand the effectiveness of VFS and environmental conditions under which t...

Weeds impose serious problems in maize (corn) production, resulting reduced crop yields and lower profits for farmers. The adverse effects of weeds have been attributed to the competition with plants light, water, nutrients, which can result growth yield crop. In this context, effective weed management is important minimize negative impact on production. This be achieved through a combination c...

The research objective has been to evaluate the effect, unexplored yet, of a mixture of three active ingredients of the herbicide Lumax 537.5 SE: terbuthylazine (T), mesotrione (M), and S-metolachlor (S) on counts of soil microorganisms, structure of microbial communities, activity of soil enzymes as well as the growth and development of maize. The research was based on a pot experiment establi...

To assess the impact of pollution induced by pesticides on Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, health in France, in vivo effects of combined pesticide exposure and bacterial challenge on cell activities and gene expression in hemocytes were tested using flow cytometry and real-time PCR. As a first step, an in vivo model of experimental contamination was developed. Pacific oysters were exposed to...

In intensive agricultural systems runoff is one of the major potential diffuse pollution pathways for pesticides and poses a risk to surface water. Ditches are common in the Po Valley and can potentially provide runoff mitigation for the protection of watercourses. The effectiveness depends on ditch characteristics, so there is an urgent need for site-specific field trials. The use of a fugacit...

The Mar Menor is a coastal lagoon threatened by the development of intensive agriculture in the surrounding areas. Large amounts of pesticides from these areas are discharged into El Albujón, a permanent watercourse flowing into the lagoon. We have used a multi-biomarker approach to assess the biological effects of agricultural pollution on a bivalve species. Biomarkers indicative of neurotoxic...