Uptake and residues of aldicarb in sugarbeet leaves

The breakdown of aldicarb and its oxidation products (the sulphoxide and the sulphone, aldoxycarb), under field conditions in 1976, were studied on three different types of soil (a sandy loam, a silt loam and a sandy clay loam that were normally cropped with sugarbeet). Residues were determined in leaves, stems, roots and soil, and related to aphid counts. Higher doses were needed on heavy soils in order to obtain a sufficient concentration in the leaves and thus provide an efficient treatment for aphid control. Weather conditions, especially rainfall, also affected the residue content. At harvest, the sugar beet tops used for fodder can contain residues which vary widely, depending on dosage, soil type and climatic conditions.     

Residues of aldicarb and its main metabolites in the leaves of sugar beet plants

The residues of aldicarb and of its main metabolites (aldoxycarb, 2-mesyl-2-methylpropionitrile, and 2-mesyl-2-methylpropan-1-ol) were measured, by a gas-liquid chromatographic procedure, in the leaves of ripe sugar beet plants from cultures made by several farmers. The sugar beet plants had been grown in normal fields and treated at sowing with aldicarb at the usual rate of 1 kg ha^?1 in the form of ‘Temik’, the commercial formulation of aldicarb which contains 10% by weight of aldicarb. The samples of sugar beet plants were taken from three fields of different soil types. The residue concentrations, ranged in order of soil type, were: sandy loam > silt loam > clay.     

考虑水分再分布的沟灌入渗模拟与春小麦垄作沟灌合理垄宽

垄作沟灌技术具有显著的节水增产作用,但在春小麦种植中应用尚缺乏参数设计方面的理论支撑。本研究采用粉砂质粘壤土与粘土两种典型土壤实测水分运动参数和HYDRUS软件,模拟了梯形灌水沟不同垄宽情况下的土壤水分运动和停水后水分再分布,研究了不同灌水量时湿润锋推进过程和水分再分布后的湿润体变化,分析了设计灌水定额下适宜作物生长湿润体范围,提出了粉砂质粘壤土和粘土宜采用的合理垄宽为20～50 cm和20～35 cm,这一结果为干旱区春小麦垄作沟灌技术推广提供了技术支撑。     

The degradation of aldicarb and oxamyl in soil

The breakdown of oxamyl was studied in three downland chalk soils, a peat loam, a sandy loam, and the same sandy loam modified by adding peat. The kinetics of aldicarb degradation via its sulphoxide and aldoxycarb (aldicarb sulphone) were also studied in these two sandy loam soils. All the reactions followed first-order kinetics, the reaction being faster in the original than in the modified sandy loam. Rates of reaction were slower at low moisture contents, and decreased markedly when the temperature was reduced from 10 to 5°C though less so than from 15 to 10°C.     

基于HYDRUS-1D的不同质地土壤入渗过程数值模拟

基于HYDRUS-1D软件,对不同土质(淤泥、粉砂壤土、砂质粘壤土)的灌溉方案进行了系统的数值实验,模拟灌溉结束时及灌溉结束24 h之后的土壤剖面含水量和土壤湿润锋的变化情况。结果表明:在不产生径流的情况下,灌溉结束24 h后土壤的含水量分布和湿润深度只与土壤种类和灌溉量有关,与灌溉速度无关;对透水性较好的土质,灌溉水分重分布明显,以粉砂壤土灌溉速率0.7 cm·h~(-1)和灌溉时间3 h为例,灌溉结束时和灌溉24 h后土壤湿润深度分别为9.2 cm和20.6 cm,有55.3%的灌溉水参加了水分重分布;土壤湿润深度与灌溉量之间存在线性关系,拟合直线的斜率介于5.15(淤泥)和5.95(砂质黏壤土)之间。     

双氟磺草胺在不同类型土壤中的吸附与淋溶特性研究

农药在土壤中的吸附和淋溶特性是评价其环境行为的重要指标。采用批量平衡法和土柱淋溶法,研究了双氟磺草胺在小麦种植区3种代表性土壤中的吸附和淋溶特性。结果表明:双氟磺草胺在安徽黏土、山东砂质壤土和河南砂质黏壤土中的吸附规律均可以较好地用Freundlich方程描述,其吸附系数(Kf)在0.39~0.62之间;土壤有机碳归一化吸附系数(Koc)在66.91~81.35之间,表明双氟磺草胺在3种土壤中均属于难吸附型;吸附自由能(ΔG)在-10.90~-10.42kJ/mol之间,均属于物理吸附。双氟磺草胺在3种土壤中的淋出率在71.7%~74.1%之间,说明其在3种土壤中的淋溶性均较强。双氟磺草胺初始添加量和腐殖酸对淋出率具有一定影响。综合试验结果,认为双氟磺草胺在3种土壤中的吸附和淋溶可能受土壤有机质含量、黏粒含量、阳离子交换量和土壤pH值等多个因素的综合影响,其对地下水的污染风险较大,因此应引起高度重视。     

The fate of fertilizer N applied to cotton in relation to irrigation methods and N dosage in arid area

Quantitative information on the fate and efficiency of nitrogen (N) fertilizer applied to coarse textured calcareous soils in arid farming systems is scarce but, as systems intensify, is essential to support sustainable agronomic management decisions. A mesh house study was undertaken to trace the fate of N fertilizer applied to cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv., Huiyuan701) growing on a reconstructed profile (0-100 cm) of a calcareous (>15% CaCO 3 ) sandy loam soil. Two irrigation methods (drip irrigation, DI; and furrow irrigation, FI) and four N application rates (0, 240, 360 and 480 kg/hm 2 , abbreviated as N 0 , N 240 , N 360 , and N 480 , respectively) were applied. 15 N-labelled urea fertilizer was applied in a split application. DI enhanced the biomass of whole plant and all parts of the plant, except for root; more fertilizer N was taken up and mostly stored in vegetative parts; N utilization efficiency (NUE) was significantly greater than in FI. N utilization efficiency (NUE) decreased from 52.59% in N 240 to 36.44% in N 480 . N residue in soil and plant N uptake increased with increased N dosage, but recovery rate decreased consistently both in DI and FI. Plant N uptake and soil N residue were greater in DI than in FI. N residue mainly stayed within 0-40 cm depth in DI but within 40-80 cm depth in FI. FI showed 17.89% of N leached out, but no N leaching occurred in DI. N recovery rate in the soil-plant system was 75.82% in DI, which was markedly greater than the 55.97% in FI. DI exhibited greater NUE, greater residual N in the soil profile and therefore greater N recovery rate than in FI; also, N distribution in soil profile shallowed in DI, resulting in a reduced risk of N leaching compared to FI; and enhanced shoot growth and reduced root growth in DI is beneficial for more economic yield formation. Compared to furrow irrigation, drip irrigation is an irrigation method where N movement favors the prevention of N from being lost in the plant-soil system and benefits a more efficient use of N.     

鱼藤酮在3种土壤中的吸附-解吸附特性

为了综合评价鱼藤酮在土壤环境中的吸附-解吸附特性,采用批量平衡法,系统研究了鱼藤酮在砂壤土、黏壤土及壤土3种农业土壤中的吸附-解吸附行为。结果表明,鱼藤酮在3种土壤中的吸附-解吸附行为符合Freundlich模型 (R2≥0.946 8),吸附常数 (K_f-ads) 在1.52~11.39之间,吸附能力为:黏壤土 > 砂壤土 > 壤土;而解吸附常数 (K_f-des) 在1.02~4.55之间,解吸附强弱次序为壤土 > 黏壤土 > 砂壤土。鱼藤酮在砂壤土、黏壤土和壤土3种土壤中有机碳吸附常数 (K_OC) 分别为982、101 7和219,而滞后系数 (H) 分别为0.687 3、0.556 9和0.892 3,表明鱼藤酮在黏壤土及砂壤土中移动性较弱,有正迟滞作用,而在壤土中移动性较强,无迟滞作用。该研究将对鱼藤酮的环境风险评估具有一定的理论指导意义。     

Sulcotrione soil persistence and mobility in summer maize and winter wheat crops

Sulcotrione soil persistence in spring maize ( Zea mays L.) crops grown on a sandy loam soil was greater at pH 5·5 and 6·0 (soil half-life T _1/2≈58 days) than at pH 7·1 ( T _1/2 = 44 days). Sulcotrione was also applied as recommended on a summer maize crop at the five- to six-leaf growth stage, grown on a sandy loam soil. Sulcotrione soil half-life was 44 days, and the herbicide remained mainly in the 0- to 5-cm surface soil layer during the cropping period, in spite of the high water solubility and the heavy rains at the end of August; lower sulcotrione concentrations (10–18% of the total during the 2-month period after sulcotrione application) were detected in the 5- to 10-cm surface soil layer. The herbicide was applied pre-emergence to winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) at four sites that differed in their soil texture and composition: loamy sand, sandy loam, loam and clay loam. Persistence was greater in the soils containing more organic matter. In soils having similar organic matter contents, persistence was lower in the soil containing more sand relative to loam and clay. During the winter crops, sulcotrione moved down to the 10- to 15-cm soil layer, in spite of the fact that the rains were lower in winter than in summer. Sulcotrione most generally was not detected in the 15–20 cm soil layer of the maize and winter wheat crops.     

Safety-efficiency trade-offs in the cotton xylem:acclimatization to different soil textures

The acclimatization of plant xylem to altered environmental conditions has attracted considerable attention from researchers over several decades. Plants growing in natural environments must seek a balance between water uptake and the water loss of leaves from evaporation. Thus, the adaptation of xylem to different soil textures is important in maintaining plant water balance. In this study, we investigated the xylem changes of cotton(Gossypium herbaceum L.) xylem in sandy, clay and mixed soils. Results showed that soil texture had a significant effect on xylem vessel diameter and length of stems and roots. Compared with G. herbaceum growing in the clay soil, those plants growing in the sandy soil developed narrower and shorter xylem vessels in their roots, and had a higher percentage of narrow vessels in their stems. These changes resulted in a safer(i.e. less vulnerable to cavitation), but less-efficient water transport system when soil water availability was low, supporting the hydraulic safety versus efficiency trade-off hypothesis. Furthermore, in sandy and mixed soils, the root: shoot ratio of G. herbaceum increased twofold, which ensures the same efficiency of leaves. In summary, our finding indicates that the morphological plasticity of xylem structure in G. herbaceum has a major role in the acclimatization of this plant species to different soil textures.     

基于FlexPDE的膜孔灌土壤水分运动数值模拟

基于实测扩散率资料和土壤水分特征曲线，利用FlexPDE软件对膜孔灌溉的土壤水分运动进行模拟，探索恒定水头条件下膜孔灌溉土壤水分入渗特性和剖面水分分布特征。结果表明：FlexPDE软件模拟粉粘壤土（处理2、3）和砂壤土（处理1、4）的含水率与实测之间的平均相对误差分别为5.930%、8.340%、9.600%和14.040%,其中粉粘壤土模拟与实测土壤含水率相对误差小于5%、10%和20%的比例分别为40%、68%和84%，砂壤土相对误差小于5%、10%和20%的比例分别为12%、40%和72%，粉粘壤土的模拟效果较砂壤土理想；基于模拟获取的土壤储水量与土壤实测累积入渗量呈线性关系，相关系数均大于0.9，且二者与入渗时间呈幂函数关系，随入渗时间增加而增大，但增速逐渐变缓；利用FlexPDE预测分析膜孔间距、膜孔直径和入渗水深对粉粘壤土膜孔灌溉单向交汇时刻、水分分布和储水量的影响，发现膜孔间距对于交汇初期土壤的水分分布影响较大，膜孔直径对于土壤交汇时间以及储水量影响显著。     

The metabolism of [14C]aldicarb in the leaves of sugar beet plants

Sugar beet plants were grown in the field, after in-furrow application of [¹⁴C]aldicarb (3 kg of aldicarb ha^?1) at planting. The ripe sugar beet plants were harvested, and the blades and petioles of the leaves were analysed separately. In the whole leaves, 15% of the ¹⁴C (all the percentages of ¹⁴C are relative to the total ¹⁴C incorporated into the whole leaves) was insoluble in ethanol+ water (1+1 by volume), 31% was organo-soluble (and thus unconjugated in the leaves), and 54% was water-soluble (mainly conjugated to plant constituents). The weights and concentrations (as aldicarb equivalents) of various identified metabolites of aldicarb, incorporated into the leaves, were determined; no aldicarb, as such, was detected.     

Activity,adsorption, mobility and field persistence of sulfosulfuron in soil

Petri dish bioassays, based on root response of corn grown in soil or in perlite, were used to study the activity, adsorption, mobility and field persistence of sulfosulfuron in a silty clay loam and a sandy loam soil. Both bioassays indicated that activity of sulfosulfuron increased with increasing herbicide concentration, and to a slightly greater degree in sandy loam soil than in silty clay loam soil. More sulfosulfuron was adsorbed on the sandy loam (not biologically available) than on the silty clay loam soil. Consequently, slightly greater amounts of sulfosulfuron were leached through the silty clay loam than through the sandy loam soil. Biologically available sulfosulfuron was not detected at depths below 40 cm after application in sandy loam, but this was not the case for the silty clay loam soil. In 2002, all sulfosulfuron rates showed field persistence of less than 5 months. On the other hand, in 2003, biologically available sulfosulfuron was detected in the 0–10-cm soil depth 150 days after application. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting May 6, 2004.     

Lysimeter study to investigate the effect of rainfall patterns on leaching of isoproturon

The influence of five rainfall treatments on water and solute leaching through two contrasting soil types was investigated. Undisturbed lysimeters (diameter 0.25 m, length 0.5 m) from a sandy loam (Wick series) and a moderately structured clay loam (Hodnet series) received autumn applications of the radio-labelled pesticide isoproturon and bromide tracer. Target rainfall plus irrigation from the end of November 1997 to May 1998 ranged from drier to wetter than average (235 to 414 mm); monthly rainfall was varied according to a pre-selected pattern or kept constant (triplicate lysimeters per regime). Leachate was collected at intervals and concentrations of the solutes were determined. Total flow (0.27-0.94 pore volumes) and losses of bromide (3-80% of applied) increased with increasing inputs of water and were larger from the Wick sandy loam than from the Hodnet clay loam soil. Matrix flow appeared to be the main mechanism for transport of isoproturon through the Wick soil whereas there was a greater influence of preferential flow for the Hodnet lysimeters. The total leached load of isoproturon from the Wick lysimeters was 0.02-0.26% of that applied. There was no clear variation in transport processes between the rainfall treatments investigated for this soil and there was an approximately linear relationship (r2 = 0.81) between leached load and total flow. Losses of isoproturon from the Hodnet soil were 0.03-0.39% of applied and there was evidence of enhanced preferential flow in the driest and wettest treatments. Leaching of isoproturon was best described by an exponential relationship between load and total flow (r2 = 0.62). A 45% increase in flow between the two wettest treatments gave a 100% increase in leaching of isoproturon from the Wick soil. For the Hodnet lysimeters, a 35% increase in flow between the same treatments increased herbicide loss by 325%.     

Suppression of Rhizoctonia solani in potato fields. 1. Occurrence

A search was made forRhizoctonia solani-suppressive soils by establishing many small experimental plots, half of which were planted withRhizoctonia-infected seed potatoes and the other half with disinfected seed stock. The sclerotium index of the harvested tubers was compared witht that of the seed potatoes. In suppressive soils, the sclerotium index of the harvest is much lower than that of the seed potatoes. None of the plots on holocene marine soils (loamy sand, sandy loam, clay loam and clay) proved to be suppressive in 1978 and 1979. Only on pleistocene, slightly acid sandy soil suppressiveness was observed. In 1978, four out of twelve plots showed suppressiveness when the plots were planted with seed potatoes produced on a sandy soil. In 1979, only two out of thirtyone plots were slightly suppressive when planted with seed potatoes produced on a young clay loam from a new polder. A higher percentage of sclerotia on tubers from sandy soils proved to be infected with antagonistic fungi (73%) than of those on tubers from marine clay or loam soils (25%). Factors that influence suppressiveness are suggested.     

Measured and simulated behaviour of aldicarb and its oxidation products in fallow soils

Aldicarb and its oxidation product aldoxycarb (aldicarb sulphone) were applied separately to columns of fallow, sandy loam soils under field conditions. The breakdown and movement of these compounds were monitored, as was the behaviour of aldicarb sulphoxide and aldoxycarb formed by oxidation of the applied aldicarb. The behaviour of these compounds was simulated by a computer model using laboratory data for adsorption and rates of degradation in soil. The model simulated the observed behaviour reasonably well, although redistribution of chemicals was often more rapid than predicted. Production of aldoxycarb from the sulphoxide was less in the field than was expected from the laboratory incubations. Accumulation of chemicals near the soil surface in dry periods was overestimated, indicating that the processes occurring under these conditions are not well described by the model. About 4 months after application, only aldoxycarb, in small amounts, remained in the soils.     

草甘膦对七种作物的安全性

本文对草甘膦喷施土壤后对作物的安全性进行了初步研究。采用室内盆栽的方法,测定了不同剂量的35%草甘膦水剂在壤土和砂土条件下对小麦Triticum aestivum L.、玉米Zea mays L.、大豆Glycine max(L.) Merr.、甘蓝Brassica oleracea var.capitata L.、小白菜Brassica pekinensis L.、番茄Lycopersicon esculentum L.和茄子Solanum melongena L.等7种作物的叶色、叶长、叶宽、植株鲜重和光合作用等生长、生理指标的影响。研究结果表明：在标签剂量(1 575 g/hm~2)下施用于壤土时,草甘膦对茄子的叶长和叶宽影响显著,对其他6种作物的各测定指标未产生显著影响;在砂土条件使用时,除对小麦和茄子的叶色、番茄的叶宽、小白菜和番茄的鲜重方面有显著影响外,对玉米、大豆和甘蓝都安全。在2倍标签剂量(3 150 g/hm~2)下,在壤土和砂土条件下使用时,除对茄子在叶色、叶长、叶宽和鲜重4个指标都有显著影响外,对番茄的光合效率也有显著影响,同时对其他作物的其他指标也有不同的影响,...     

Leaching of pesticides and a bromide tracer through lysimeters from five contrasting soils

In each of two seasons, undisturbed lysimeters 0.8 m in diameter and 1.05 m in length taken from five soil types were cropped with winter wheat. They received autumn applications of the pesticides isoproturon and linuron as well as a bromide tracer and spring applications of dimethoate and MCPA. Leachate was collected at regular intervals and concentrations of the various solutes determined. Rainfall from December to March was 290 and 191 mm in the first and second seasons, respectively. Both springs were exceptionally dry with less than 50% of the mean April‐to‐June rainfall of 138 mm. Total flow from the lysimeters ranged from 335 to 477 mm (and from 0.78 to 3.95 pore volumes) over the two seasons. Leaching to drainage of bromide highlighted soils where preferential flow was influential with total losses ranging from 24% of applied for a strongly structured, alluvial clay loam to 79% for an unstructured sand. Leaching to drainage of isoproturon (K_oc ≈ 100 ml g⁻¹) was observed from all but a peat soil with losses greater (0.31–1.01% of applied) from the clay loam and a deep medium loam, where patterns of leaching clearly indicated preferential flow mechanisms, than from the sand and a light loam over gravel (0.04–0.18% of applied) where a broad breakthrough curve indicated that matrix flow was more important. Linuron (K_oc ≈ 500 ml g⁻¹) was detected in occasional samples of leachate from the clay loam, the light loam over gravel and the medium loam during the first season only (maximum loss 0.12% of applied). The sandy soil, often considered most vulnerable to leaching, gave the smallest total losses of pesticide of the four mineral soils, whilst significant preferential flow in the deep, medium loam was believed to result from a compacted topsoil. Neither of the spring‐applied pesticides was detected in the leachate, as flow following application was very small and relatively slow. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry     

Movement of dieldrin through soils: II.—In sloping troughs and soil columns

A glass-lined trough was divided into six compartments by vertical transverse partitions and filled with soil to a height of 5 cm above the top of each partition. The base of the box and the surface of the soil sloped forwards one end with a gradient of 1 in 3·7. Dieldrin was applied (22 kg active ingredient/ha) to the soil surface in the uppermost compartment and the movement of dieldrin into leachate and down the slope was followed for 17 weeks. During this time 19·5 cm of rain fell. Less than 0·02% of the dieldrin appeared in the leachate and 99% of this was collected during the first 9 weeks, mainly from the uppermost compartment. Very little dieldrin moved down the slope and it was not detected in the leachate from compartments other than the treated one during 9–17 weeks after treatment. In other experiments, 3 cylinders were filled respectively with sandy loam, heavy clay loam and peat which were transferred from the field as intact cores. Three other cylinders were filled with soils of the same types but broken up. Approximately 2% of the dieldrin leached through one column but usually it was much less than 0·1%. The largest amounts of dieldrin were leached down columns of heavy clay loam, intermediate amounts down columns of peat, and least through sandy loam. Ten times as much dieldrin leached down the columns of intact soil as through those with broken soil. The results indicate that the movement of dieldrin from treated soil into water systems by leaching is limited and is unlikely to be a major pathway for the contamination of water.     

Imazaquin mobility in tropical soils in relation to soil moisture and rainfall timing

Summary This research studied the influence of soil type, soil moisture and incubation time before rain on the mobility of imazaquin in two highly weathered tropical soils, named clay and sandy clay. The soils were packed in glass columns and treated at three different moisture contents. Then, the applied imazaquin (150 g a.i. ha⁻¹) was incubated for 0, 1 and 30 d before rainfall simulation began. Leaching was significantly higher in the sandy clay soil, when imazaquin was applied to moist samples and rainfall occurred soon after application (in this case, 73.4% of applied imazaquin was leached). Leaching was always low in the clay soil (in all cases, <1.8% of applied imazaquin was leached). In addition, imazaquin leaching potential was overestimated by the low K _d value (1.24 L kg⁻¹) measured for the clay soil using batch equilibration data. For this soil, the vacuum displacement method also failed to predict leaching (in this case, 28.9% of applied imazaquin was leached). Consequently, batch equilibration and vacuum displacement methods cannot be used to predict leaching of anionic organic molecules, such as imazaquin, in fine-textured tropical soils. Moreover, soil type and weather patterns or irrigation timing must be considered before imazaquin application to avoid environmental or carry-over problems and to achieve maximum effectiveness of the herbicide.