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Observations on the effect of hexoestrol on earthworms and other soil invertebrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

F. Raw
F. Raw
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts
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1. Activity of Lumbricus terrestris, Allolobophora caliginosa and A. chlorotica was unaffected by 15 mg. hexoestrol in solution in 500 g. soil.

2. Activity and reproduction of A. caliginosa was unaffected by 10 mg. hexoestrol in 500 g. soil, but 100 mg. and over affected activity and stopped reproduction.

3. Egg capsules of A. caliginosa and A. chlorotica developed normally in a saturated aqueous solution of hexoestrol.

4. No effect on the soil fauna of grass plots due to grazing with implanted bullocks was observed.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , October 1960 , pp. 189 - 190
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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