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Earthworms Eisenia fetida recover from Roundup exposure

The effect of various Roundup formulations and microplastics on soil.

Dr. Sharon Pochron and her students at Stonybrook University in New York have been using microBIOMETER® for two years. Dr. Pochron studies the effect of various Roundup formulations and microplastics on soil microbes and soil invertebrates. Her most recent publication (See Figure 2) shows microbial biomass increasing on day 7 in both the Roundup treated and untreated soils – the 0 line depicts the microbial biomass on day 0. This increase is probably due to the soil microbes responding to rewetting. By day 14 the microbial biomass in the uncontaminated soil is back to baseline, but the Roundup treated soil has dropped well below baseline. By day 21 both soils have returned to baseline. This study shows only total microbial biomass recovery, but there is evidence that Roundup can affect microbial composition.

Source: Earthworms (Eisenia fetida) recover from Roundup® exposure. Pochron et al., 2021 Applied Soil Ecology. 158: 103793.

Prolific Earth Sciences is supporting research at various universities. Feel free to contact us to discuss your project and how we can assist.
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Sharon Pochron, Sustainability Studies Program/School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and co-authors (L-R) Mateo Metic (SoMAS graduate student), Wade Tucker (SoMAS freshman) and Zimuzo Ezedum (2020 biology graduate) with a handful of earthworms used in their Roundup exposure test.
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Republic Square Park Project

Urban Landscape Design

dwg. is passionate about urbanism, positioning the landscape as green infrastructure and designing solutions that encourage social and environmental change.

Jason Radcliff, a principal and the Director of Quality Management at dwg., utilized microBIOMETER® as part of the GIS-based operations and maintenance program his team developed for the recently renovated Republic Square Park.

Jason will be including this project case study within his presentation at the reVISION ASLA 2020 - American Society of Landscape Architects - conference next week.
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Quotes, facts and research.

Plant roots "sense of smell"

Plant roots not only release odors themselves, but also appear to react to odors that beneficial and harmful fungi in the soil release. They do this by actively growing towards fungi, or ignore them. This 'sense of smell' has a positive influence on the eventual health of the plant.

Plant roots grow towards soil fungi

This article was brought to our attention by our U.K. distributor of microBIOMETER® soil testing kits.
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