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Prompt hyperactivity followed by strongly reduced locomotor activity of F. candida due to the insecticide Trebon 30 EC application has been demonstrated in this study. Collembola started to run faster even when a tenfold concentration of the recommended field rate was applied. Moreover, this insecticide causes locomotor irregularity in F. candida.
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Collembolan plays a key role in soils. They significantly contribute to vital integrative processes, such as decomposition and mineralisation. Consequently, any impact on collembolan populations, including pesticide application, could have a severe outcome on ecosystem functioning.
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This page is a summary of: Folsomia candida (Collembola) locomotor activity pattern is changed by a neurotoxicant pesticide, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, January 2018, Acta Zoologica Hungarica,
DOI: 10.17109/azh.64.4.355.2018.
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