The worldwide contamination of waters and food by herbicides is a major health issue, yet
the toxic effects of herbicides to non-target organisms and ecosystems have been poorly …

Herbicides are applied for effective weed management in order to increase the crop yield. In
recent decades, the overuse of these chemicals has posed adverse effects on different biotic …

The pretilachlor has been widely used worldwide and has contaminated the environment for
many years. The environmental fate of pretilachlor and its residues removal from the …

Pretilachlor is a systemic, pre-emergence herbicide applied in the paddy fields to kill narrow
and broadleaf weeds. The present study evaluates the toxicity of pretilachlor on the non …

Background The chloroacetamide herbicides pretilachlor is an emerging pollutant. Due to
the large amount of use, its presence in the environment threatens human health. However …

Increasing population has resulted in increased food demand. Pesticides like paraquat (PQ)
have been used indiscriminately to increase the growth and yield of crops. However, this …

The important indiscriminate use of pesticides pollution of environment and leads a
significant threat to beneficial microorganisms. The aims of this research is to perform the …

Pesticides, widely used in agricultural fields, eventually washed into surface waters,
affecting a wide range of non-target organisms, including marine biota. In order to evaluate …

The current study was undertaken to elucidate the impact of the herbicide pretilachlor (3 µg
ml− 1 and 6 µg ml− 1) on cyanobacteria, Nostoc muscorum ATCC 27893 and Anabaena sp …

The ecosystem of rice fields is subjected to fluctuations between dry and wet conditions.
Therefore, it contains a unique biodiversity of aquatic organisms. The present study was …