The effect of natural products used as pesticides on the soil microbiota: OECD 216 nitrogen transformation test fails to identify effects that were detected viaq‐PCR microbial abundance measurement
Alexandre Pedrinho,
Panagiotis A. Karas,
Alexandros Kanellopoulos
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUNDNatural products present an environmentally attractive alternative to synthetic pesticides which have been implicated in the off‐target effect. Currently, the assessment of pesticide toxicity on soil microorganisms relies on the OECD 216 N transformation assay (OECD stands for the Organisation Economic Co‐operation and Development, which is a key international standard‐setting organisation). We tested the hypotheses that (i) the OECD 216 assay fails to identify unacceptable effects of pesticides on s… Show more
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