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The effect of eight common herbicides on the predatory activity of the agrobiont spider Pardosa agrestis

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The impact of eight herbicides in different residual stages on the predatory activity of a potential biological control agent, the wolf spider Pardosa agrestis, was studied in the laboratory. We found that fresh wet residues of all tested herbicides negatively affected the total and cumulative predatory activity of this species. Moreover, treatment with 48-h-old residues of the glufosinate ammonium herbicide Basta induced a significant increase in predatory activity in P. agrestis, presumably as a consequence of hormesis. These results imply that the natural pest control provided by the agrobiont spider P. agrestis can be weakened by the application of the studied herbicides. On the basis of our results, we suggest that sublethal effects on beneficial organisms should be considered in the planning of weed management of agroecosystems and should not be omitted from the herbicide registration process.

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Acknowledgments

The present study was supported by the European Science Foundation and Ministry for Education, Youth), and Sport of the Czech Republic, project CZ.1.07/2.3.00/30.0040, the Institutional Support Program for Long Term Conceptual Development of Research Institutions provided by the Ministry for Education, Youth), NAZVA QJ1310128 project provided by The Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic and Sport of the Czech Republic, the Education for Competitiveness Operational Programme (European Social Fund and state budget of the Czech Republic). RM was supported by the student grant no. MUNI/A/1484/2014 from Masaryk University.

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  1. Department of Agroecology and Biometeorology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Prague 6, Suchdol, Czech Republic

    Stanislav Korenko, Michaela Kolářová, Kateřina Hamouzová & Kristýna Kysilková

  2. Department of Zoology, Fisheries, Hydrobiology and Apiculture, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic

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  3. Department of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Radek Michalko

  4. Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37, Brno, Czech Republic

    Radek Michalko

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Korenko, S., Niedobová, J., Kolářová, M. et al. The effect of eight common herbicides on the predatory activity of the agrobiont spider Pardosa agrestis . BioControl 61, 507–517 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-016-9729-0

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