The Biobrio 3(1 & 2), 2016

Effect of Herbicide Monuron on Nitrogen Fixing Blue Green Algae (BGA) Anabaena doliolum and Nostoc Linckia

Sweta and Kanhaiyaji Verma

ABSTRACT:

The herbicide monuron [3-(4 Chlorophenyl),1,1-dimethyl urea] has been found to be inhibitory to cyanobacterial growth and Heterocyst differentiation in the Nitrogen fixing blue green algae Nostoc linckia and Anabaena doliolum. In the present investigation, in vitro tolerance of different strains of blue green algae to herbicide monuron was studied.

Keywords:    

Monuron, Nostoc linckia and Anabaena doliolum

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