<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Herbicides are used to control weeds and are usually targeted to sites that are specific to plants. Butachlor is an herbicide of the acetanilide class, which is widely used in agricultural fields. At the present study, lethal concentration (LC50) of butachlor was calculated for <italic>Rutilus rutilus caspicus</italic> and <italic>Sander lucioperca</italic> with a mean weight of 4 ± 1 g (mean ± SD). Our results indicated that LC50 96 h butachlor for <italic>R. rutilus caspicus</italic> and <italic>S. lucioperca</italic> were 0.342 and 0.760 ppm respectively. These findings suggest that butachlor is moderately toxic and moderately irritating for these two species. Clinical symptoms included irregular protrusion of the eyes and irregular swimming.</p></abstract>

Herbicides are used to control weeds and are usually targeted to sites that are specific to plants. Butachlor is an herbicide of the acetanilide class, which is widely used in agricultural fields. At the present study, lethal concentration (LC50) of butachlor was calculated for Rutilus rutilus caspicus and Sander lucioperca with a mean weight of 4 ± 1 g (mean ± SD). Our results indicated that LC50 96 h butachlor for R. rutilus caspicus and S. lucioperca were 0.342 and 0.760 ppm respectively. These findings suggest that butachlor is moderately toxic and moderately irritating for these two species. Clinical symptoms included irregular protrusion of the eyes and irregular swimming.

Acute Toxicity of Butachlor to <italic>Rutilus rutilus caspicus</italic> and <italic>Sander lucioperca</italic> in Vivo Condition

Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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Acute Toxicity of Butachlor to  and  in Vivo Condition

Herbicides are used to control weeds and are usually targeted to sites that are specific to plants. Butachlor is an herbicide of the acetanilide class, which...

Acute Toxicity of Butachlor to Rutilus rutilus caspicus and Sander lucioperca in Vivo Condition

Published Online: Aug 22, 2017

Page range: 85 - 92

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2017-0023

Keywords
agricultural poison, fish, lethal toxicity, Gorgan Province, Iran

© 2017 Mohammad Forouhar Vajargah et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Acute Toxicity of Butachlor to Rutilus rutilus caspicus and Sander lucioperca in Vivo Condition

Published Online: Aug 22, 2017

Page range: 85 - 92

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2017-0023

Keywordsagricultural poison, fish, lethal toxicity, Gorgan Province, Iran

© 2017 Mohammad Forouhar Vajargah et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
agricultural poison, fish, lethal toxicity, Gorgan Province, Iran