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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="general-sciences" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1034</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>General Sciences</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>THE IMPACT OF FOUR PESTICIDES ON THE EARTHWORM LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS (ANNELIDA; OLIGOCHAETA)&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ahmed</surname><given-names>Sherwan Taeeb</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>21</day><month>11</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>1</fpage><lpage>5</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>The influence of four pesticides (Cyren, Ridomil, Triplen and Mamba) on Lumbricus terrestris earthworm for 4 weeks was studied in the laboratory. Results indicate that there are loss of weight in all cultures, signs and symptoms of toxicity such as coiling, selling of the body swollen, sluggish movements and discharge of coelomic fluid. Significant decrease in total sperm numbers was observed at the end of study period. The present study indicates that among the four pesticides tested Cyren is the most toxic to earthworm Lumbricus terristris causing high mortality, while Triplen and Mamba are moderately toxic and Ridomil was the least toxic pesticide.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Toxicity</kwd><kwd> Lumbricus</kwd><kwd> weight</kwd><kwd> sperm.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
