Potato Field Guide, Insects, Diseases and Defects

Banks, Eugenia

doi:10.7764/rcia.v34i1.385

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…We selected chlorothalonil, S‐metolachlor, metribuzin, chlorpyrifos, and metam sodium as pesticides that are recommended for use on potatoes in Ontario . However, these pesticides are used in a wide range of crops outside of potatoes.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toxicity of pesticides associated with potato production, including soil fumigants, to snapping turtle eggs (Chelydra Serpentina)

Solla

Palonen

Martin

2013

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Turtles frequently oviposit in soils associated with agriculture and, thus, may be exposed to pesticides or fertilizers. The toxicity of a pesticide regime that is used for potato production in Ontario on the survivorship of snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) eggs was evaluated. The following treatments were applied to clean soil: 1) a mixture of the pesticides chlorothalonil, S-metolachlor, metribuzin, and chlorpyrifos, and 2) the soil fumigant metam sodium. Turtle eggs were incubated in soil in outdoor plots in which these mixtures were applied at typical and higher field application rates, where the eggs were subject to ambient temperature and weather conditions. The pesticide mixture consisting of chlorothalonil, S-metolachlor, metribuzin, and chlorpyrifos did not affect survivorship, deformities, or body size at applications up to 10 times the typical field application rates. Hatching success ranged between 87% and 100% for these treatments. Metam sodium was applied at 0: 1 times, 0: 3 times, 1 times, and 3 times field application rates. Eggs exposed to any application of metam sodium had 100% mortality. At typical field application rates, the chemical regime associated with potato production does not appear to have any detrimental impacts on turtle egg development, except for the use of the soil fumigant metam sodium, which is highly toxic to turtle eggs at the lowest recommended application rate. Environ Toxicol Chem 2014;33:102-106. # 2013 SETAC

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%