Articles
The role of glyphosate in urban green spaces
Article number
1441_14
Pages
107 – 114
Language
English
Abstract
Glyphosate is one of the most widely used herbicides worldwide today.
Opinions differ on the environmental impact of glyphosate.
Glyphosate and its metabolite, AMPA, can accumulate in the plant and not break down.
This endangers and can seriously damage the living environment and ecosystem.
Continuing our previous research, we set out to examine the effect of indirectly spraying glyphosate on the leaves and soil on non-target plants in the case of Helianthus annuus L. plants (which are not only food plants, but also ornamental plants). We demonstrated the presence of the active substance and AMPA in the entire plant organism.
Afterwards, we examined the lawn and weed associations of urban green areas treated with glyphosate to show that many ornamental plants are also damaged during the edging effect.
We supplemented our measurements with morphological, histological and stress tests.
Opinions differ on the environmental impact of glyphosate.
Glyphosate and its metabolite, AMPA, can accumulate in the plant and not break down.
This endangers and can seriously damage the living environment and ecosystem.
Continuing our previous research, we set out to examine the effect of indirectly spraying glyphosate on the leaves and soil on non-target plants in the case of Helianthus annuus L. plants (which are not only food plants, but also ornamental plants). We demonstrated the presence of the active substance and AMPA in the entire plant organism.
Afterwards, we examined the lawn and weed associations of urban green areas treated with glyphosate to show that many ornamental plants are also damaged during the edging effect.
We supplemented our measurements with morphological, histological and stress tests.
Publication
Authors
Sz. Kisvarga, K. Horotán, D. Hamar-Farkas, G. Boronkay, J. Táborská, L. Orlóci
Keywords
glyphosate, AMPA, Heliathus, toxicology, environment, sustainability
Groups involved
- Division Landscape and Urban Horticulture
- Division Greenhouse and Indoor Production Horticulture
- Division Precision Horticulture and Engineering
- Division Plant-Environment Interactions in Field Systems
- Division Horticulture for Human Health
- Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers
- Working Group Vertical Farming
- Working Group Urban Horticulture
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