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the application of 1 and 2 ppm DDT to soil did not result in any consistent trends in fungal numbers through a 14 week period. However the amplitude of population fluctuations was markedly suppressed in treated soils during the early weeks of treatment.
A study of the effect of DDT on the population structure of the genusPenicillium indicated that it undergoes a reduction of diversity with treatment that persists at least through a 9 week survey period.
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Boyer, M.G., Perry, E. Diversity in soil fungi as influenced by DDT. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 49, 255–262 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02050719
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