Research was conducted in connection with the pressure exerted by man on environment through use of pesticides. The aim study to assess impact pesticides soil and evaluate effect these changes greenhouse gas emissions into atmosphere. research carried out sown oilseed rape. activity protease urease, ammonification, nitrification soil, as well CO2 (carbon dioxide) N2O (nitrous oxide) from were a...

According to the latest EU regulations it is necessary cut down consumption of chemically based pesticides. Several research programmes are focussed on study secondary metabolites plants, which have antimicrobial or antifungal activity against microbial phytopathogens. Other reasons for using natural biocides growth resistance phytopathogens several pesticides; broaden attacks significant agric...

Norovirus is the most common cause of viral foodborne illness worldwide. A new study suggests that contaminated water used to dilute or reconstitute agricultural pesticides may be one way the virus is entering the food supply. Farmers mix pesticides with water from sources including wells, irrigation ditches, rivers, and lakes. All these water sources have been known to harbor norovirus. Until ...

The increasing concern over the level of pesticide residues in food has encouraged researchers to look for alternatives of synthetic pesticides. Their indiscriminate use has led to the development of resistant strains of pests as well as different environmental and human health problems. Recently, in different parts of the world, attention has been paid towards exploitation of higher plant prod...

Rhizosphere bioremediation or rhizodegradation is the enhanced biodegradation of recalcitrant organic pollutants by root-associated bacteria and fungi under the influence of selected plant species. Use of selected vegetation and sound plant management practices, increase the total proportion of pollutant degraders in numbers and activity in the rhizosphere, leading to enhanced rhizodegradation ...

Microbial pesticide degradation studies have until now mainly focused on bacteria, although fungi have also been shown to degrade pesticides. In this study we clarify the background for the ability of the common soil fungus Mortierella to degrade the phenylurea herbicide diuron. Diuron degradation potentials of five Mortierella strains were compared, and the role of carbon and nitrogen for the ...