first paper to report toxicity of a synthetic surfactant (= surface-active substance) to soil algae. A first paper to report phytotoxicity of a cationic surfactant to higher plants exemplified by the plant seedlings of buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum.

first paper to report toxicity of a synthetic surfactant (= surface-active substance) to soil algae. A first paper to report phytotoxicity of a  cationic surfactant to  higher plants exemplified by the plant seedlings of buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum.

Effect of environmental pollution with a cationic surface-active substance on algae and Fagopyrum esculentum sprouts
Ostroumov S.A., Tret’yakova A.N. The Soviet Journal of Ecology, 1990, vol. 21, № 2, p. 79-81.

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