Photosynthesis Inhibiting Effects of Pesticides on Sweet Pepper Leaves
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Giménez Moolhuyzen, Miguel; Van Der Blom, Jan; Lorenzo Mínguez, Pilar; Cabello García, Tomás; Crisol Martínez, EduardoDate
2020-02-21Abstract
Although a large number of pesticides of different compositions are regularly used in agriculture, the impact of pesticides on the physiology of field crops is not well understood. Pesticides can produce negative effects on crop physiology―especially on photosynthesis―leading to a potential decrease in both the growth and the yield of crops. To investigate these potential effects in greenhouse sweet peppers, the effect of 20 insecticides and 2 fungicides (each sprayed with a wetting agent) on the photosynthesis of sweet pepper leaves was analyzed. Among these pesticides, nine caused significant reductions in photosynthetic activity. The effects were observed in distinctive ways—either as a transitory drop of the photosynthetic-rate values, which was observed at two hours after the treatment and was found to have recovered after 24 h, or as a sustained reduction of these values, which remained substantial over a number of days. The results of this study suggest that the production of a ...
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insecticides
photosynthetic rate
phytotoxicity
horticulture
pests and diseases
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