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selected beneficial non targeted arthropods. Orders Collembola, Arachinida/Opiliones,
Oribatida and Coleoptera were the main groups of arthropods found in the organic
fields and Coleoptera, Oribatida, Gamasida and Collembola in conventional fields.
Pesticides/insecticides had a significant effect on non-targeted arthropods
order- Collembola, Arachinida/Opiliones, Hymenoptera and Thysonoptera were suppressed
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