Experimental study of the effect of a glyphosate-based herbicide on a species of earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826)

Ghenima LANDRI-AIT BOUDRARE; Lynda OULTAF; Samira ALI AHMED; Mounia BAHA; Djamila SADOUDI-ALI AHMED

doi:10.14720/aas.2025.121.1.19520

Authors

Ghenima LANDRI-AIT BOUDRARE PSEMRVC Laboratory, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Agronomic Sciences, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
Lynda OULTAF PSEMRVC Laboratory, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Agronomic Sciences, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
Samira ALI AHMED PSEMRVC Laboratory, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Agronomic Sciences, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
Mounia BAHA Laboratory of Eco-Biology Animals (L.E.B.A.), École Normale Supérieure de Kouba Bachir El Ibrahimi, B.P. 92, 6050, Algiers, Algeria
Djamila SADOUDI-ALI AHMED PSEMRVC Laboratory, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Agronomic Sciences, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2025.121.1.19520

Keywords:

earthworm, Aporrectodea caliginosa, formulation, glyphosate, dose, toxicity

Abstract

This work aims to demonstrate the effect of a glyphosate-based herbicide on a species of earthworm, Aporrectodea caliginosa, to provide scientific justification for the species rarity in cultivated environments where this phytosanitary product is widely used. During the fifty-two days of contamination in the laboratory, the life traits monitored and evaluated were growth and mortality. Herbicide concentrations ranging from the lowest (C30) of around 240 L/kg to the highest (C210), equivalent to 1840 L/kg, were tested. The study found that the herbicide is toxic to the Aporrectodea caliginosa species, causing growth to slow and mortality to rise as concentrations rise. We report a delayed negative effect at low concentrations, which appears after several weeks of product exposure, depending on the exposure time. However, at the highest concentrations of the herbicide studied, the early negative effect is visible after the second week of exposure.

Author Biographies

Ghenima LANDRI-AIT BOUDRARE, PSEMRVC Laboratory, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Agronomic Sciences, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria

Départmemnt of Ecology and environment

Rank: Dr
Lynda OULTAF, PSEMRVC Laboratory, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Agronomic Sciences, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria

Department of Ecology and environment

Rank: Dr
Samira ALI AHMED, PSEMRVC Laboratory, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Agronomic Sciences, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria

Department of Ecology and Environment

Rank: Dr
Mounia BAHA, Laboratory of Eco-Biology Animals (L.E.B.A.), École Normale Supérieure de Kouba Bachir El Ibrahimi, B.P. 92, 6050, Algiers, Algeria

Kouba National High School

Rank: Professor

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