The Short-term Effects of Atrazine Herbicide on Soil Oribatid Mites in a Mango Orchard

Authors

  • MARUT FUANGARWORN
  • CHARIYA LEKPRAYOON
  • ART-ONG PRADATSUNDARASAR

Keywords:

herbicide, atrazine, soil fauna, oribatid mites, Thailand

Abstract

Oribatid mites are a group of soil dwelling arthropods. The
short-term effect of an atrazine herbicide on them was studied in a mango
orchard, which had never been treated with atrazine. The experiment design
was a randomized completed block (RBC) with three replications. The soil
samples were randomly collected from two atrazine-treated plots (at the
rates of 1,729 and 5,184 g active ingredients/ha) and a control plot. The soil
sampling was done monthly and was extracted by using Berlese-Tullgren
funnel. Oribatid mites density between a control plot and atrazine-treated
plots were not significantly different after atrazine application in each
month. Oribatid mites seem to be not affected from atrazine at both rate of
application during the experimental period.

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Published

2002-08-01

How to Cite

[1]
FUANGARWORN, M., LEKPRAYOON, C. and PRADATSUNDARASAR, A.-O. 2002. The Short-term Effects of Atrazine Herbicide on Soil Oribatid Mites in a Mango Orchard. Tropical Natural History. 2, 2 (Aug. 2002), 1–5.

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2002): The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University

Section

Original Articles

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