Science World Report This is one of the most common herbicides in the world that increased frog mortality 46 days after the atrazine exposure. However, this only occurred when frogs were challenged with the chytrid fungus. The increase in mortality was determined by a ... 更多 »
Science Daily (press release) Oct. 23, 2013 — The combination of the herbicide atrazine and a fungal disease is particularly deadly to frogs, shows new research from a University of South Florida laboratory, which has been investigating the global demise of amphibian populations.
UPI.com (blog) (UPI) -- Research has shown that frogs exposed to the herbicide atrazine are more susceptible to fungal disease, a discovery that could help explain the decline of the global amphibian population. Biologist Jason Rohr of the University of South Florida ...