Effect of Insecticides Imidacloprid and Alpha-Cypermethrin on the Development of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Nodules

Artemii P Gorshkov, Pyotr G Kusakin, Maxim G Vorobiev, Anna V Tsyganova, Viktor E Tsyganov, João Paulo Arantes Rodrigues Da Cunha · 2024

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Gorshkov and colleagues published in twenty twenty-four a study of how two insecticides affect pea root nodules. Nodules house bacteria that supply peas with nitrogen. The team treated pea seeds with one insecticide and sprayed leaves with another. They used label doses and double doses of each. Plant growth above ground showed no visible change from either treatment overall.

Under the surface, changes were clear in nodule cells. Cell walls deformed, storage granules built up, and cell spaces widened. One insecticide also shrank nodule counts and altered gene activity in nodules. Shoot and root dry weights shifted in most treatments. The leaf spray caused fewer harms than the seed treatment. The authors favor the spray for pea farming on this evidence.

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CREATORArtemii P Gorshkov, Pyotr G Kusakin, Maxim G Vorobiev, Anna V Tsyganova, Viktor E Tsyganov, João Paulo Arantes Rodrigues Da Cunha
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE46 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11644560

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