Time-to-death approach to reveal chronic and cumulative toxicity of a fungicide for honeybees not revealed with the standard ten-day test
Abstract Synthetic fungicides are pesticides widely used in agriculture to control phytopathogenic fungi. The systemicity, persistency and intense application of some of these fungicides, such as boscalid, leads to long periods of exposure for honeybees via contaminated water, pollen and nectar. We...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-05-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24746-9 |