Pesticides and Soil Invertebrates: A Hazard Assessment

Ecological impacts of pesticide seed treatments on arthropod communities in a grain crop rotation

(2020) Aditi Dubey et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Soil Health and Arthropods: From Complex System to Worthwhile Investigation

(2020) Cristina Menta et al.   Insects

Sowing Uncertainty: What We Do and Don’t Know about the Planting of Pesticide-Treated Seed

(2020) Claudia Hitaj et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators

(2020) J. R. Reilly et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Caste- and pesticide-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticide exposure on gene expression in bumblebees

(2019) Thomas J. Colgan et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers

(2019) Francisco Sánchez-Bayo et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

From laboratory to the field: Validating molecular markers of effect in Folsomia candida exposed to a fungicide-based formulation

(2019) Tiago Simões et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

The USA lags behind other agricultural nations in banning harmful pesticides

(2019) Nathan Donley   Environmental Health

Effects of a glyphosate-based herbicide on soil animal trophic groups and associated ecosystem functioning in a northern agricultural field

(2019) Marleena Hagner et al.   Scientific Reports

Revisiting Sustainability of Fungicide Seed Treatments for Field Crops

(2019) Jay Ram Lamichhane et al.   PLANT DISEASE

An assessment of acute insecticide toxicity loading (AITL) of chemical pesticides used on agricultural land in the United States

(2019) Michael DiBartolomeis et al.   PLoS One

Comparing the effects of fludioxonil on non-target soil invertebrates using ecotoxicological methods from single-species bioassays to model ecosystems

(2019) Arne Haegerbaeumer et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers

(2019) Sebastian Seibold et al.   NATURE

Assessment of risk to hoary squash bees (Peponapis pruinosa) and other ground-nesting bees from systemic insecticides in agricultural soil

(2019) D. Susan Willis Chan et al.   Scientific Reports

Neonicotinoid seed treatments of soybean provide negligible benefits to US farmers

(2019) Spyridon Mourtzinis et al.   Scientific Reports

Reduced species richness of native bees in field margins associated with neonicotinoid concentrations in non-target soils

(2019) Anson R. Main et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Do recommended doses of glyphosate-based herbicides affect soil invertebrates? Field and laboratory screening tests to risk assessment

(2018) Júlia Carina Niemeyer et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Aporrectodea caliginosa, a relevant earthworm species for a posteriori pesticide risk assessment: current knowledge and recommendations for culture and experimental design

(2018) Sylvain Bart et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Evidence for multi-trophic effects of pesticide seed treatments on non-targeted soil fauna

(2018) Lesley W. Atwood et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Rapid rise in toxic load for bees revealed by analysis of pesticide use in Great Britain

(2018) Dave Goulson et al.   PeerJ

Glyphosate-based herbicides modulate oxidative stress response in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

(2018) María Florencia Kronberg et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY

Imidacloprid alters ant sociobehavioral traits at environmentally relevant concentrations

(2018) James D. Sappington   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Comparison of Pesticide Exposure in Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Implications for Risk Assessments

(2018) Angela E Gradish et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Pesticide residues in European agricultural soils – A hidden reality unfolded

(2018) Vera Silva et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The environmental risks of neonicotinoid pesticides: a review of the evidence post 2013

(2017) Thomas James Wood et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Translocation of the neonicotinoid seed treatment clothianidin in maize

(2017) Adam Alford et al.   PLoS One

More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas

(2017) Caspar A. Hallmann et al.   PLoS One

Toxicity interaction between chlorpyrifos, mancozeb and soil moisture to the terrestrial isopod Porcellionides pruinosus

(2016) Rui G. Morgado et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Comparative effects of pesticides, fenitrothion and fipronil, applied as ultra-low volume formulations for locust control, on non-target invertebrate assemblages in Mitchell grass plains of south-west Queensland, Australia

(2016) P.W. Walker et al.   CROP PROTECTION

A sublethal imidacloprid concentration alters foraging and competition behaviour of ants

(2016) Sarina Thiel et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Changes in Synapsin Levels in the Millipede Gymnostreptus olivaceus Schubart, 1944 Exposed to Different Concentrations of Deltamethrin

(2016) Annelise Francisco et al.   MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS

Synergistic mortality between a neonicotinoid insecticide and an ergosterol-biosynthesis-inhibiting fungicide in three bee species

(2016) Fabio Sgolastra et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Pesticide seed dressings can affect the activity of various soil organisms and reduce decomposition of plant material

(2016) Johann G. Zaller et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Meta-analysis reveals that seed-applied neonicotinoids and pyrethroids have similar negative effects on abundance of arthropod natural enemies

(2016) Margaret R. Douglas et al.   PeerJ

Earthworms in a 15 years agricultural trial

(2015) Céline Pelosi et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

A TME study with the fungicide pyrimethanil combined with different moisture regimes: effects on enchytraeids

(2015) Cornelia Bandow et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Large-Scale Deployment of Seed Treatments Has Driven Rapid Increase in Use of Neonicotinoid Insecticides and Preemptive Pest Management in U.S. Field Crops

(2015) Margaret R. Douglas et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Changes in exposure temperature lead to changes in pesticide toxicity to earthworms: A preliminary study

(2015) Mirna Velki et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Chronic exposure to neonicotinoids increases neuronal vulnerability to mitochondrial dysfunction in the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

(2015) Christopher Moffat et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Influences of extreme weather, climate and pesticide use on invertebrates in cereal fields over 42 years

(2015) Julie A. Ewald et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Pesticide use within a pollinator-dependent crop has negative effects on the abundance and species richness of sweat bees, Lasioglossum spp., and on bumble bee colony growth

(2015) Rachel E. Mallinger et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Biomarkers and energy reserves in the isopod Porcellionides pruinosus: The effects of long-term exposure to dimethoate

(2015) Nuno G.C. Ferreira et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Extinction risk of soil biota

(2015) Stavros D. Veresoglou et al.   Nature Communications

Glyphosate-based herbicides reduce the activity and reproduction of earthworms and lead to increased soil nutrient concentrations

(2015) Mailin Gaupp-Berghausen et al.   Scientific Reports

Neonicotinoids impact bumblebee colony fitness in the field; a reanalysis of the UK’s Food & Environment Research Agency 2012 experiment

(2015) Dave Goulson   PeerJ

Does altered rainfall regime change pesticide effects in soil? A terrestrial model ecosystem study from Mediterranean Portugal on the effects of pyrimethanil to soil microbial communities under extremes in rainfall

(2014) E.L. Ng et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Effects of azoxystrobin, chlorothalonil, and ethoprophos on the reproduction of three terrestrial invertebrates using a natural Mediterranean soil

(2014) Sara Leitão et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Year-round behaviour of soil microarthropod communities under plant protection product application

(2014) Claudia Vaj et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates

(2014) L. W. Pisa et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

A review of the direct and indirect effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on vertebrate wildlife

(2014) David Gibbons et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Risks of large-scale use of systemic insecticides to ecosystem functioning and services

(2014) Madeleine Chagnon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Relationships between nematode diversity, plant biomass, nutrient cycling and soil suppressiveness in fumigated soils

(2014) M. Carrascosa et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

EDITOR'S CHOICE: Neonicotinoid insecticide travels through a soil food chain, disrupting biological control of non-target pests and decreasing soya bean yield

(2014) Margaret R. Douglas et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Belowground biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

(2014) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   NATURE

Declines in insectivorous birds are associated with high neonicotinoid concentrations

(2014) Caspar A. Hallmann et al.   NATURE

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

(2014) R. Dirzo et al.   SCIENCE

Pesticides and earthworms. A review

(2013) Céline Pelosi et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Deconstructing the surrogate species concept: a life history approach to the protection of ecosystem services

(2013) John E. Banks et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The use of diplopods in soil ecotoxicology – A review

(2013) Tatiana da Silva Souza et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Comparative toxicity of carbaryl, carbofuran, cypermethrin and fenvalerate in Metaphire posthuma and Eisenia fetida —A possible mechanism

(2013) P.N. Saxena et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Avoidance and reproduction tests with the predatory miteHypoaspis aculeifer: Effects of different chemical substances

(2013) Olugbenga J. Owojori et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Interactive effects of lambda-cyhalothrin, soil moisture, and temperature onFolsomia candidaandSinella curviseta(Collembola)

(2013) Cornelia Bandow et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

A review of earthworm impact on soil function and ecosystem services

(2013) M. Blouin et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Effects of fungicides and biofungicides on population density and community structure of soil oribatid mites

(2013) Abdel-Naieem I.M. Al-Assiuty et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Toxic Effects of Acetochlor on Mortality, Reproduction and Growth of Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus

(2012) Jingnan Zhang et al.   BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Searching for a more sensitive earthworm species to be used in pesticide homologation tests – A meta-analysis

(2012) C. Pelosi et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Insect communities in soybeans of eastern South Dakota: The effects of vegetation management and pesticides on soybean aphids, bean leaf beetles, and their natural enemies

(2012) Jonathan G. Lundgren et al.   CROP PROTECTION

Behavioural response of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda) to pyrethrins in soil or food

(2012) Primož Zidar et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

The non-target impact of spinosyns on beneficial arthropods

(2012) Antonio Biondi et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Dimethoate affects cholinesterases in Folsomia candida and their locomotion — False negative results of an avoidance behaviour test

(2012) Cecília M.S. Pereira et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Comparing the sensitivity of soil invertebrates to pesticides with that of Eisenia fetida

(2011) Michiel A. Daam et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

The impact of the locust control insecticide fipronil on termites and ants in two contrasting habitats in northern Australia

(2011) M.J. Steinbauer et al.   CROP PROTECTION

Comparative impact of an anthranilic diamide and other insecticidal chemistries on beneficial invertebrates and ecosystem services in turfgrass

(2011) Jonathan L Larson et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Compatibility of spinosad with predaceous mites (Acari) used to control Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

(2011) Touhidur Rahman et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Can avoidance in Enchytraeus albidus be used as a screening parameter for pesticides testing?

(2010) Sara C. Novais et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Identifying signature of chemical applications on indigenous and invasive nontarget arthropod communities in vineyards

(2010) Michael A. Nash et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Chlorpyrifos causes decreased organic matter decomposition by suppressing earthworm and termite communities in tropical soil

(2010) P. Mangala C.S. De Silva et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Still present after all these years: persistence plus potential toxicity raise questions about the use of atrazine

(2010) Nicolai David Jablonowski et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Overview of the Status and Global Strategy for Neonicotinoids

(2010) Peter Jeschke et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Community and Species-Specific Responses of Wild Bees to Insect Pest Control Programs Applied to a Pollinator-Dependent Crop

(2010) Julianna K. Tuell et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Is Apis mellifera more sensitive to insecticides than other insects?

(2010) Melissa C Hardstone et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Long-term effects of imidacloprid on the abundance of surface- and soil-active nontarget fauna in turf

(2009) Daniel C. Peck   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

Delayed degradation in soil of foliar herbicides glyphosate and sulcotrione previously absorbed by plants: Consequences on herbicide fate and risk assessment

(2009) Jérémy Doublet et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Using earthworm avoidance behaviour to assess the toxicity of formulated herbicides and their active ingredients on natural soils

(2009) Catarina Marques et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Toxicity of imidacloprid to the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber (Isopoda, Crustacea)

(2008) Damjana Drobne et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Measuring and modelling mixture toxicity of imidacloprid and thiacloprid on Caenorhabditis elegans and Eisenia fetida

(2008) Jose L. Gomez-Eyles et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

MEASUREMENT AND MODELING OF THE TOXICITY OF BINARY MIXTURES IN THE NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS—A TEST OF INDEPENDENT ACTION

(2008) Heather L. Martin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Avoidance tests with earthworms and springtails: Defining the minimum exposure time to observe a significant response

(2007) Tiago Natal-da-Luz et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Avoidance test with Enchytraeus albidus (Enchytraeidae): Effects of different exposure time and soil properties

(2007) Mónica J.B. Amorim et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Soil health in agricultural systems

(2007) M.G Kibblewhite et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES