Effects of lindane on a maize ecosystem at TPRI, Arusha, Tanzania Minja, E M; Makusi, R; Tesha, F [Tropical Pesticides Research Inst., Arusha (Tanzania)] 55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, BASIC STUDIES; LINDANE; RESIDUES; MAIZE; CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; INSECTICIDES; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; SOILS The effects of the organochlorine insecticide, lindane, on target and non-target organisms was studied in field plots of maize at Arusha, Tanzania for 4 growing seasons. A single application of 1 kg.ha{sup -1} caused leaf scorch to the crop but two applications of 0.5 kg.ha{sup -1} at an interval of 2 weeks were tolerated. The insecticide reduced damage by the stem borers Busseola fusca and Sesamia calamistis in all seasons and maize yields were higher on the treated plots although the differences were not always significant (P>0.05). Collembola and sometimes ant and spider numbers were lower in treated plots early in the season but the differences did not persist. Differences in rates of decomposition of buried leaf litter were not significant. (author). 7 refs, 4 figs, 6 tabs. Joint FAO/IAEA Div. of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna (Austria) INIS; OSTI as DE97624612 IAEA 1997-03-01 English Conference Conference: Final research coordination meeting on organochlorine insecticides in African agroecosystmes, Entebbe (Uganda), 27 Nov - 1 Dec 1995; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Organochlorine insecticides in African agroecosystems. Report of a final research co-ordination meeting; PB: 250 p. Medium: ED; Size: pp. 169-180 https://doi.org/ ON: DE97624612 [] IAEA-TECDOC-931; CONF-9511285- Journal ID: ISSN 1011-4289; Other: ON: DE97624612; TRN: XA9743727036679 INIS; SCA: 553003; PA: AIX-28:036679; EDB-97:082316; SN: 97001795582 2018-05-21 481747 https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/servlets/purl/481747