Mortality of a common Indian grasshopper exposed to dietary arsenic

Abstract

Studies on the effect of various doses of arsenic on the life span and mortality rate of Oxya velox a common acridid revealed that this insect was found vulnerable even in lower dose, whereas, it could try to overcome the effect with the increasing doses of arsenic. From this point, it is important to remark that this insect may act as bioindicator of this heavy metal in this region as it was found to accumulate this metal.