Differences on response of mathematical models on herbicide leaching in the environment can occur due to the models and their limitations, mainly when using soil lysimeters. Tebuthiuron is a herbicide used in sugarcane crop and is applied in the recharge area of the Guarany aquifer in Brazil, one of the largest in the world. This study was conducted to compare the leaching potential of the herb...

A rapid method for determining residues of the herbicide metribuzin in soil by laboratory experiment under controlled conditions is described. Field soil fortified with herbicide at concentration of 5 mg kg-1 soil, and maintained at field capacity moisture regime and kept at ambient temperature 25 ± 5°C. The soil samples were extracted with different ratio of methanol/water solution and the res...

Pesticides are typically applied as mixtures and or sequentially to soil and plants during crop production. A common scenario is herbicide application at planting followed by sequential fungicide applications post-emergence. Fungicides depending on their spectrum of activity may alter and impact soil microbial communities. Thus there is a potential to impact soil processes responsible for herbi...

S-[(4-chlorophenyl) methyl]diethylcarbamothioate General information This document reviews the environmental fate and environmental effects of the thiocarbamate herbicide, thiobencarb {S–[(4-chlorophenyl) methyl] diethylcarbamothioate (C 12 H 16 ClNOS)}. Thiobencarb, also referred to as benthiocarb was developed by Kumiai Chem. Ind. Co. Ltd and introduced in the market in 1970 (Ishikawa, 1981)....

Imazosulfuron is a new herbicide recently labeled in drilland water-seeded rice under the trade name LeagueTM. Research was conducted to understand the best fit for imazosulfuron in Arkansas rice culture, prior to its anticipated launch in 2011. Specifically, research was conducted (a) to understand the influence of application rate and timing on control, (b) to evaluate the effectiveness of im...

Atrazine and metolachlor were more strongly retained on earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris L.) castings than on soil, suggesting that earthworm castings at the surface or at depth can reduce herbicide movement in soil. Herbicide sorption by castings was related to the food source available to the earthworms. Both atrazine and metolachlor sorption increased with increasing organic carbon (C) conten...

Two years of field trials conducted in a Meloidogyne incognita-infested field evaluated grafting and Paladin Pic-21 (dimethyl disulfide:chloropicrin [DMDS:Pic] 79:21) for root-knot nematode and weed control in tomato and melon. Tomato rootstocks evaluated were; 'TX301', 'Multifort', and 'Aloha'. 'Florida 47' was the scion and the nongrafted control. A double crop of melon was planted into exist...

Herbicide use is increasing worldwide both in agriculture and private gardens. However, our knowledge of potential side-effects on non-target soil organisms, even on such eminent ones as earthworms, is still very scarce. In a greenhouse experiment, we assessed the impact of the most widely used glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup on two earthworm species with different feeding strategies. We dem...

Laboratory and field experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of olive-mill waste (OMW) addition to a Mediterranean olive grove soil on sorption, persistence, and mobility of two herbicides which are simultaneously applied for weed control in olive groves: terbuthylazine (TA) and fluometuron (FM). Laboratory batch sorption experiments showed that OMW addition to the soil at rates of 5 ...

Pre-emergence herbicide residues were detected in domestic wells sampled near Tracy, CA. This study sought to determine the source of contamination by comparing soil distribution of diuron [N'-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N,N-dimethylurea] and hexazinone [3-cyclohexyl-6-(dimethylamino)-1-methyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione] in an agricultural field where the soil was a cracking clay to infiltration ...