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Effect of herbicides with different modes of action on physiological and cellular traits of Anabaena fertilissima

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Cyanobacteria are important components of the lowland rice ecosystem. Therefore, it is important to examine the effect of herbicides (commonly used against weeds of rice crop) on the performance of cyanobacteria. We studied the toxic effects of three herbicides often used in rice field, viz. propanil, pretilachlor and glyphosate, on the performance traits of Anabaena fertilissima C.B. Rao. Pretilachlor [0–40 active ingredient (ai) mg/L] and glyphosate (0–80 ai mg/L) exhibited toxicity to A. fertilissima at higher doses than propanil (0–1.5 mg/L). Propanil had severe damaging effects on cellular characteristics of A. fertilissima when compared to pretilachlor or glyphosate. Propanil treatment of A. fertilissima resulted in the leakage of protoplast from the heterocyst due to the breakage of the plasma membrane and surrounding wall. Our study shows that photosystem II herbicides such as propanil could have deleterious effects on phototrophic (cyanobacterial) communities, which are an integral part of the rice ecosystem.

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We thank the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for grant (grant # 38 [1094]/03/EMR-II). We thank Professor P. K. Singh, Project Director, Centre for Conservation and Utilization of Blue-Green Algae, IARI, New Delhi for providing the Anabaena strain. Both authors contributed equally to the manuscript.

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Inderjit, Kaushik, S. Effect of herbicides with different modes of action on physiological and cellular traits of Anabaena fertilissima . Paddy Water Environ 8, 277–282 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-010-0208-4

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