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The Effect of Agrochemicals on the Growth of Cladonia Furcata

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

I. Vagts
Affiliation:
Abteilung für Geobotanik & Naturschutz, Universität Bremen, Postfach 330 440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany.
M. Kinder
Affiliation:
Abteilung für Geobotanik & Naturschutz, Universität Bremen, Postfach 330 440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany.
J. Müller
Affiliation:
Abteilung für Geobotanik & Naturschutz, Universität Bremen, Postfach 330 440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany.

Abstract

Field experiments were conducted to test the effect of some agrochemicals on the growth of Cladonia furcata. Mineral fertilizer had no direct effect on lichen growth. In contrast, organic manure promoted the length of podetia. A lethal effect was recorded in the case of calcium cyanamide. In addition to direct effects of agrochemicals, indirect effects were also recorded.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1994

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