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Publication Type:
| Newsletter |
Author(s): | Anonymous |
Title: | Long-Term 2,4-D Use Doesn't Harm Soil |
Source: | MVTA. June/July 1987, p. 2. |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: 2,4-D; Soil fertility; Safety
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Abstract/Contents: | "A long-term study by Agriculture Canada scientists has shown that continued use of 2,4-D has no adverse effect on the microbial processes essential to soil fertility. The Canadian scientists found the chemical had no effect on microbial biomass or the rate of nitrogen mineralization. And that was after 35 annual applications of 2,4-D! The herbicide did cause some depression of soil enzyme activities and increased the soil respiration. But all depressive and stimulatory effects were relatively small and most were rather short-lived -- especially when compared to changes in soil mirobial activities caused by such natural stresses as flooding, drought, freezing and thawing." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
See Also: | Other items relating to: 2, 4 - D in Turf |
Note: | Excerpted from Crops and Soils Magazine, April-May 1987. Full text as abstract. |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Anonymous. 1987. Long-Term 2,4-D Use Doesn't Harm Soil. MVTA. p. 2. |
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