INFLUENCE OF PESTICIDES ON MICROBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF TYPICAL CHERNOZEM SOILS OF THE CENTRAL ZONE OF THE NORTH-WESTERN CISCAUCASIA
Soil pollution of agroecosystems with pesticides has become global. Large amounts of pesticides affect the biological properties of the soil, changing the composition and number of typical groups of soil microbiota and invertebrate saprotrophs. As a result, soil fertility is reduced. The authors investigated the effect of pesticides on the microbiological activity of soils in the central zone of the Northwestern Ciscaucasia and established both the most sensitive species and groups of bacteria and micromycetes, and species of soil biota resistant to pesticides. These species can be used as indicators for soil biomonitoring in agroecosystems. The data obtained make it possible to expand knowledge about the stability of chernozem soils when using various doses of pesticides.