Toxicity Ranking and Toxic Mode of Action Evaluation of Commonly Used Agricultural Adjuvants on the Basis of Bacterial Gene Expression Profiles

Ingrid Nobels; Pieter Spanoghe; Geert Haesaert; Johan Robbens; Ronny Blust

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024139

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Toxicity Ranking and Toxic Mode of Action Evaluation of Commonly Used Agricultural Adjuvants on the Basis of Bacterial Gene Expression Profiles

Ingrid Nobels ,

* E-mail: ingrid.nobels@ua.ac.be

Affiliation Laboratory for Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Pieter Spanoghe,

Affiliation Department of Crop Protection Chemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Geert Haesaert,

Affiliations Department of Biosciences and Landscape Architecture, University College Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Plant Production, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Johan Robbens,

Affiliation Laboratory for Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Ronny Blust

Affiliation Laboratory for Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Toxicity Ranking and Toxic Mode of Action Evaluation of Commonly Used Agricultural Adjuvants on the Basis of Bacterial Gene Expression Profiles

Ingrid Nobels,
Pieter Spanoghe,
Geert Haesaert,
Johan Robbens,
Ronny Blust

Published: November 18, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024139

About the Authors

Ingrid Nobels

* E-mail: ingrid.nobels@ua.ac.be

Affiliation Laboratory for Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Pieter Spanoghe

Affiliation Department of Crop Protection Chemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Geert Haesaert

Affiliations Department of Biosciences and Landscape Architecture, University College Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Plant Production, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Johan Robbens

Affiliation Laboratory for Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Ronny Blust

Affiliation Laboratory for Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IN PS GH JR RB. Performed the experiments: IN. Analyzed the data: IN PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IN PS GH. Wrote the paper: IN PS GH JR RB.

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