The STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABEŞ-BOLYAI issue article summary

The summary of the selected article appears at the bottom of the page. In order to get back to the contents of the issue this article belongs to you have to access the link from the title. In order to see all the articles of the archive which have as author/co-author one of the authors mentioned below, you have to access the link from the author's name.

 
       
         
    STUDIA AMBIENTUM - Issue no. 1-2 / 2015  
         
  Article:   THE IMPACT OF THE HERBICIDE GLYPHOSATE ON WATER SOURCES. A REVIEW.

Authors:  ANDREEA DRAGUS, DUMITRU RISTOIU.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  VIEW PDF: THE IMPACT OF THE HERBICIDE GLYPHOSATE ON WATER SOURCES. A REVIEW

Glyphosate is one of the most used herbicides worldwide. Its efficiency for weed control and cost make it a seemingly perfect choice in the agricultural area. Studies and monitoring reports show divergent results in what concerns the impact of glyphosate on water sources. Because of its nature the herbicide is prone to be found more in sediment and particulate matter than in water. Different compositions of the herbicide were found to pose certain negative impacts on species of amphibians, soil microbes and induce abnormalities in the activity of some enzymes in pregnant rats. In this review we will assess the literature in the last five years regarding this topic and portray the different findings.

Keywords: glyphosate, herbicide, review, water
 
         
     
         
         
      Back to previous page