Persistence of benomyl and thiophanate compounds in soil and various plants following soil application

Control ofSclerotinia sclerotiorum in muskmelons was obtained by a single soil drench with benomyl. The material was found in the apical parts of the plant and in the soil until the end of the growing season. Benomyl [methyl l-(butylcarbamoyl)-2-benzi-midazolecarbamate] and thiophanate methyl-NF 44 [1.2- bis (3 methoxycarbonyl-2-thioureido) benzene], applied to seedbeds, were taken up by and then persisted in tomato, pepper and eggplant for approximately 8 weeks after application. Thiophanate-NF 35 [1.2-bis (ethoxycarbonyl-2-thioureido) benzene] could be detected only in the bottom leaves of pepper and eggplant, for up to 4 weeks after application.     

Evaluation of a simulation model for prediction of herbicide movement and persistence in soil

The movement and persistence of residues of propyzamide, linuron, isoxaben and R-40244 were measured in a sandy loam soil in field experiments prepared in spring and autumn. None of the herbicides moved to depths greater than 12 cm in the soil during the winter period, following application in autumn, and none moved more than 6 cm in the soil, following application in spring. The general order of persistence of total soil residues was isoxaben > linuron = R-40244 > propyzamide. Appropriate constants to describe the moisture and temperature dependence of degradation were derived from laboratory incubation experiments and used with measurements of the strengths of adsorption of the different herbicides by the soil, in a computer model of herbicide movement. The model, in general, gave good predictions of total soil residues, but overestimated herbicide movement, particularly in winter. Measurements of herbicide desorption from the soil at intervals, during a laboratory incubation experiment, demonstrated an apparent increase in the strength of adsorption with time. When appropriate allowance was made for these changes in adsorption in the computer model, improved predictions of the vertical distribution of the herbicide residues were obtained.     

A method of analysis for the determination of binapacryl,bupirimate and diflubenzuron on apple foliage and fruit,and its application to persistence studies

A rapid, sensitive and specific high-pressure liquid chromatographic method was developed to analyse residues of binapacryl, bupirimate and diflubenzuron on mature foliage and fruit at intervals after application of the compounds to Worcester and Cox apple trees. The three compounds were applied as commercial formulations in trials to compare integrated pest management with routine farm spray-programmes. The identities of the residues were confirmed by a combination of thin-layer chromatography, ultraviolet spectrometry and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Only diflubenzuron persisted on foliage until leaf-fall. None of the applied compounds was detectable on harvested fruit, the minimum quantifiable residue levels being 1, 5 and 2.5 μg kg^?1 fresh weight for binapacryl, bupirimate and diflubenzuron, respectively.     

The relative movement and persistence in soil of chlorsulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl and triasulfuron

Summary. Adsorption and degradation rates of triasulfuron in 8 different soils were negatively correlated with soil pH and were generally lower in subsoils than in soils from the plough layer. The half-life at 20°C varied from 33 days in a top soil at pH 5·8 to 120 days in a subsoil at pH 7·4. Adsorption distribution coefficients in these two soils were 0·55 and 0·19, respectively. Movement and persistence of residues of chlorsulfuron, triasulfuron and metsulfuron-methyl were compared in a field experiment prepared in spring 1987. Triasulfuron was less mobile in the soil than the other two compounds. Residues of all three herbicides were largely confined to the upper 40–50 cm soil 148 days after application. With an initial dose of 32 g ha⁻¹, residues in the surface soil layers were sufficient to affect growth of lettuce and sugar-beet sown approximately one year after application. Laboratory adsorption and degradation data were used with appropriate weather data in a computer model of herbicide transport in soil. The model gave good predictions of total soil residues during the first five months following application, and also predicted successfully the maximum depth of penetration of the herbicides into the soil during this period. However, more herbicide was retained close to the soil surface than was predicted by the model. The model predicted extensive movement of the herbicides in the soil during winter but did not predict that residues sufficient to affect crop growth could be present in the upper 15–20 cm soil after one year.     

Analytical method for residues of bromoxynil octanoate and bromoxynil in soil

A method is described for the analysis of bromoxynil and its octanoate in soil. The sample is extracted with ammoniacal methanol which, on standing, converts any octanoate present to bromoxynil. Diazomethane converts this to bromoxynil methyl ether which is estimated by g.l.c. Additional clean-up may be effected by t.l.c. With a 40 g sample the method can detect 0.05 mg/kg. Recoveries are better than 80 % down to 0.1 mg/kg and about 55 % at the limit of detection (0.05 mg/kg).     

一种新的棉花黄萎病快速接种技术及其在病原菌致病力和寄主抗病性鉴定上的应用

 棉花品种抗黄萎病鉴定一般在田间病圃中进行,其结果受病圃中病原菌分布均匀程度、气象等因素影响极大,往往导致鉴定结果不准确。为了使鉴定方法简单、科学、可靠,我们在温室条件下比较了3种苗期接种棉花黄萎病的方法,即切根蘸孢子法(接种浓度为10⁶分生孢子/mL);菌培养物土壤接种法(0.5%、1%、2%,w/w);微菌核土壤接种法(10³个微菌核/g土)。结果表明,切根蘸孢子法导致棉苗发病均匀、严重、迅速,播种35~45 d后即可得到均匀一致的发病结果。而其它2种接种方法在播种75 d后才得到相对稳定的发病结果。同时,研究还表明接种浓度为10⁴分生孢子/mL所导致的黄萎病显著比10⁵或10⁶的轻。利用切根蘸孢子法在室内鉴定12个棉花品种或品系的抗黄萎病能力,证明该方法是抗黄萎病快速鉴定的有效方法。此外,该鉴定方法还可快速鉴定黄萎病菌不同菌株的致病性,并可应用于作物对其它土传病害的抗病性鉴定上。     

样本保存方法及冷冻胁迫对蝗虫基因组DNA提取的影响

以亚洲小车蝗为研究材料,提出了使用液氮保存蝗虫样本的有效方法,并用基因组DNA提取试剂盒分别对液氮速冻后保存、直接冷冻、无水乙醇保存和干制蝗虫标本进行了基因组DNA的提取和电泳检测。结果表明,在保存3个月后,检测蝗虫样本直接冷冻法和干标本提取的总DNA浓度较低,因而琼脂糖电泳检测亮度低;液氮速冻后保存和无水乙醇保存的蝗虫样本提取的基因组DNA浓度大,琼脂糖电泳检测亮度高。表明液氮速冻后保存和无水乙醇保存的标本适合用于基因组学研究。通过对比,直接冷冻保存与液氮速冻保存结果得出,蝗虫在冷冻胁迫死亡的过程中有DNA降解发生。     

An analytical procedure for bromoxynil and its octanoate in soils; persistence studies with bromoxynil octanoate in combination with other herbicides in soil

A method is described for the analysis of the herbicide bromoxynil and its octanoate in soils. Following extraction with aqueous acidic acetonitrile, the octanoate was separated from the phenolic bromoxynil by solvent partitioning. The ester and the phenol were assayed by gas-liquid chromatography without further modification or preparation of a derivative. Recoveries in excess of 93% were obtained from soils treated with the phenol and the ester at levels of 0.5 or 0.1 μg g^?1. The persistence of bromoxynil octanoate applied at a rate of 3 μg g^?1 was studied in the laboratory on a heavy clay and a sandy loam at 85% of field capacity moisture and 20°1°C, both alone and in the presence of 2,4-D (2 μg g^?1); MCPA (2 μg g^?1); MCPA+asulam (both at 2 μg g^?1); and MCPA+difenzoquat (both at 2 μg g^?1). In each soil there was a rapid conversion of bromoxynil octanoate to the free phenol, which then underwent a rapid degradation, so that after 7 days, over 90% of the original treatment had disappeared. There appeared to be no effect on bromoxynil breakdown by any of the herbicides added in combination. Small field plots were treated, in early May 1977 and 1978 at two locations in Saskatchewan, with a combination of commercial formulations containing asulam, bromoxynil octanoate, and MCPA at rates of 1 kg ha^?1 each. After 10 weeks the plots were sampled and analysis showed that in all cases, no asulam, bromoxynil, or bromoxynil octanoate could be extracted from the top 10 cm of soil.     

The efficiency of methanol for the extraction of some herbicide residues from soil

Methanol was more efficient than solvent systems based on acetonitrile or chloroform for the extraction of a number of weathered herbicide residues from soil. The presence of water in the soil improved recovery. Methanolic extracts, on examination by gas-liquid chromatography, also gave lower background levels than the extracts with other solvents.     

A new large scale soil DNA extraction procedure and real-time PCR assay for the detection of Sclerotium cepivorum in soil

A real-time PCR assay specific for Sclerotium cepivorum, the causal agent of white rot in onions, was developed for use with a new DNA extraction method capable of processing up to 1?kg of soil in weight. The assay was specific for S. cepivorum when tested against 24 isolates representative of 14 closely related species and other pathogens of onion. The assay was highly sensitive when used with soil DNA extracted using the new DNA extraction procedure. In three different field soils tested, a good relationship between cycle threshold (Ct) and number of sclerotia was observed (R2?=?0.89). Twenty-nine soil samples from onion and leek crops were obtained and the pathogen was detected in four samples. All four positive samples were associated with current or past outbreaks of white rot of onion. Additional assays were also used on the 29 field soil samples, Botrytis aclada and Rhizoctonia solani AG8 were also detected, in one soil sample each. Rhizoctonia solani AG2-1 was more widespread and was detected in eight different soil samples. The method is therefore suitable to quantify levels of S. cepivorum in soil samples, with the added advantage that the technique allows other soil pathogens of interest to be assayed from the same DNA sample. The bulk soil DNA extraction method described here has the potential to be used to detect soil-borne pests and pathogens for other crops in a wide range of soil types.     

A quantitative study of asulam persistence in soil

The persistence of the herbicide asulam was studied at different controlled temperature and moisture levels in Regina heavy clay. Degradation was rapid, approximating to first-order kinetics with a half-life of about 7 days, at temperatures in the range 20–35° and at moistures of above 50% of field capacity. At lower soil temperature and/or moisture regimes, breakdown was slower. The laboratory data were used in conjunction with the appropriate meteorological records in a computer program to simulate the degradation pattern for asulam in six separate microplot field studies carried out during May to November 1976. In three of the six experiments there was close correspondence between observed and predicted residue levels, but in the other three experiments, the model underestimated rates of loss.     

Availability to plants of herbicide residues in soil. Part I: A rapid method for estimating potentially available residues of herbicides

A simple extraction method with water is described which allows the quantitative determination, within 1 day of the residues of soil-applied herbicides which are potentially available to plants. The validity of this method has been examined with a growth test using Brassica rapa in soils containing residues of different ages.     

Dislodgeable residues and persistence of diazinon,chlorpyrifos and isofenphos following their application to turfgrass

In laboratory experiments, residues of diazinon applied to turfgrass, Poa pratensis L., that could be dislodged by rubbing with cheese-cloth, declined from c. 10% of the total applied when the grass was vigorously rubbed immediately after application to 0.3% after 1 day. Sunlight did not influence the rate of decline in dislodgeable residues or residues remaining on or within the leaf blades. In field experiments where 4.5 kg ha^?1 of diazinon was applied in liquid or granular form, about 20 times more diazinon was dislodged from the liquid formulation immediately after application than from the granular. By 1 day after application the percentage of the total applied diazinon that could be dislodged was equal for both formulations. Rainfall had a significant effect on the amount dislodged from grass blades, but mowing did not. Similar rates of decline in the dislodgeable fraction of diazinon, chlorpyrifos and isofenphos were observed in field experiments. Recovery of the dislodgeable fraction declined to 0.25% or less of the total amount of any of these insecticides by 1 day after application. However, residues in the thatch remained sufficiently high for control of insects for up to 7 days after application for diazinon and 14 days for chlorpyrifos and isofenphos.     

土壤中砜嘧磺隆和氯磺隆残留的光化学荧光分析方法研究

用紫外线照射非荧光特性的砜嘧磺隆和氯磺隆,通过生成具有荧光特性的衍生物,分别研究了其在不同介质中的荧光特性及其影响因子,建立了测定土壤中砜嘧磺隆和氯磺隆残留的光化学荧光分析法(PCF)。结果表明:在2×10-3 mol/L、一定酸碱度(砜嘧磺隆pH 7、氯磺隆pH 12)的十六烷基三甲基氯化铵(CTAC)胶体分散体系中,紫外照射150 s是PCF法测定砜嘧磺 隆和氯磺隆残留的最佳条件,在此条件下砜嘧磺隆和氯磺隆的检出限(LOD)分别为0.7和0.6 μg/kg, 相对标准偏差(RSD)分别为1.7%和2.1%;在黄松田水稻土、黄红壤性水稻土和青紫泥田水稻土3种不同性质的土壤中,砜嘧磺隆和氯磺隆同时测定的平均回收率分别为99.0%±1.0%和98.7%±4.1%、97.6%±1.7%和97.0%±4.7%、96.7 %±2.3%和95.4%±5.5%;所建立的PCF法可有效、快速测定土壤中同时残留的微量砜嘧磺隆和氯磺隆。     

莠去津土壤残留生物修复菌肥作用原理与田间应用

莠去津是玉米田应用的优秀除草剂品种,然而由于其在土壤中残留时间长,常对轮作后茬敏感作物造成严重毒害。采用生物修复菌肥做种肥、结合菌肥拌种和叶面喷施方法,研究对玉米后茬旱直播水稻生长发育及药害修复机理,对土壤中莠去津残留量、水稻生长和生理指标、土壤酶活性进行测定。结果表明:颗粒菌肥做种肥+粉剂菌肥拌种+水剂菌肥叶面喷施是莠去津土壤残留毒害修复的最佳方法,土壤中莠去津含量在喷施菌肥后7 d从施用菌肥前的0.9 mg/kg下降到0.1 mg/kg,水稻叶片叶绿素含量显著增加33.74%,超氧化物歧化酶和过氧化物酶酶活性分别显著提高23.39%和92.57%,丙二醛含量则显著降低48.01%;水稻株高、地上部鲜重、干重分别比对照显著增加22.33%、67.51%和74.80%,根系鲜重和干重分别比对照显著增加33.98%和55.43%;土壤磷酸酶、脲酶及纤维素酶含量分别显著增加49.17%、528.65%和35.21%。     

Behaviour and persistence of trifluralin in soil

The growth response of sorghum to trifluralin, on various soils and soil mixtures, was significantly correlated with organic matter (ranging from <0–1% to 20–4%) but not with clay content (ranging from 3% to 63%). However, in soils with a similar, low organic matter content, the activity of trifluralin increased with increasing clay content. No correlation was found between phytotoxicity of trifluralin and lime content of soils. The persistence of trifluralin incorporated in soil was examined by repeated reseedings of sorghum. Phytotoxicity lasted longer in soil dried and mixed at each interval between seedings than in soil left undisturbed; after 2 months about 50% of the original 4 ppm trifluralin remained in undisturbed soil vs 60 % in repeatedly mixed soil. The rate of degradation, after 2 months of incubation at 50% field capacity, increased with temperatures from 10°to40° the concentration of trifluralin required for a given growth reduction was approximately eight times greater after incubation at 40° than at 10°C. Comportement et persistattce de la trifluraline dans le sol Les effets de Ia trifluraline sur la croissance du sorgho cultivé dans divers sols ou mélanges de sol se sont révlés être en corrélation significative avec la matiere organique (entre < 0,1 % et 20,4 %) mais pas avec la teneur en argile (de 3 % A 63 %). Toutefois dans les sols contenant un taux analogue et faible de matiére organique, l'activité de la trifluraline s'est accrue en même temps que Ia leneur en argile. Aucune corrélation n'a été constatée entre la phytotoxicité de la trifluraline et la teneur en calcaire des sols. La persistance de la trifluraline incorporée dans le sol a été examinée au moyen de ressemis répétés de sorgho. La phytotoxicité dura plus longtemps dans le sol séché et remuéà chaque intervalle entre les semis que dans le sol non travaillé; au bout de 2 mois, 50% environ des 4 ppm de trifluraline apportés à. I'origine restaient dans le sol non remué contre 60% dans le sol plusieurs fois remué. Le taux de degradation, aprés deux mois d'inciibation à 50% de la capacityé au champ, augmenta avec la température de 10°à 40°C; la concentration de trifturaline nécessaire pour obtenir une réduction de croissance donnée fut approximativement huit fois plus grande aprés incubation. à 40° qu'aprés incubation à 10°C. Verhalten und Perststenz von Trifluralin im Boden Die Wachstumsreaktion von Hirse gegenubcr Trifluralin in verschiedenen Böden und Bodenmischungen war signifikant mit dem Gehalt an organischer Substanz (<0–1 %–20–4%) korreliert, nicht aber mit dem Tongehalt (von 3%-63%). Jedoch nahm in Böden mit annähernd gleich niedrigen Gehalten an organischer Substanz die Wirksamkeit von Trifluralin mit steigendeni Tongehalt zu. Zwischen der Phytotoxizität von Trifluralin und dem Kalkgehalt der Böden wurde keine Korrelation gefunden. Die Persistenz von in den Boden eingearbeitetem Trifluralin wurde durch wiederholte Einsaat von Hirse untersucht. Die Phytotoxizität dauerte im Boden, der jeweils zwischen den Einsaaten getrocknet und gemischt worden war, langer an als im nicht derartig behandelten Boden. Nach 2 Monaten waren im letzteren Boden ungefähr 50% der ursprüinglichen 4 ppm Trifluralin verblicben gegenüber 60% im wiederholt durchmischten Boden. Nach 2 Monatlen Inkubation bei 50% Feldkapazität stieg die Abbaurate, wenn die Temperatur von 10° auf 40°C stieg; die für eine gegebene Wachstumsreduktion benötigte Trifluralinkonzentration war bei 40° annShernd achtfach grösser als bei 10°C.     

Behavior and persistence in soil of benefin

The phytotoxicity of benefin, as assessed by sorghum on various soils and soil mixtures, was significantly correlated with the organic matter content but not with the clay or lime content of the soils. After 1 month of incubation no significant activity remained from 2 ppm benefin, and after 2 months only slight activity remained from 4 ppm. Benefin was less persistent than trifluralin and more persistent than nitralin.     

Comparison of three methodologies for efficient seed extraction in studies of soil weed seedbanks

Determination of weed seeds in the soil is tedious and time consuming. To evaluate the different seed extraction methods to improve seedbank estimations, three extraction methods (sieving, cloth bag and flotation) were compared, based on their accuracy and time needed for separation processes and enumeration. Seeds of Datura stramonium,Amaranthus retroflexus,Portulaca oleracea and Plantago major were used to artificially infest soil samples of four textures, namely clay, clay loam, loam and sandy loam containing 19%, 27%, 38% and 65.5% sand respectively. Soil textures had a significant effect on counting time in all extraction methods. In flotation, four submethods involving different solutions and centrifuge rotation speed were examined, but showed no differences, so data were pooled. Counting time in flotation, cloth bag and sieving methods was 9, 16 and 30 min respectively. However, when the time needed for other processes was taken into consideration, flotation and bag methods did not differ significantly. Species‐wise seed recovery was not affected by soil texture in the bag method, suggesting an advantage for this approach as its accuracy is not soil texture‐dependent. Total seed recovery for flotation, sieving and bag methods was 61%, 67% and 75%, respectively, and was not significantly different. Considering the efficiency of methods, the cloth bag technique could be recommended, because it was as time consuming as the flotation method, but required the same minimum equipments and costs as the sieving method.     

分散固相萃取-超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法快速检测棉花和土壤中氟铃脲的残留

建立了分散固相萃取-超高效液相色谱-串联质谱快速检测棉花和土壤中氟铃脲残留的分析方法。样品采用乙腈提取,N-丙基乙二胺(PSA)净化,超高效液相色谱分离,电喷雾电离、负离子扫描,三重四级杆串联质谱检测以及基质匹配标准品的外标法定量。结果表明,在0.005~0.5 mg/kg 添加水平范围内,氟铃脲的平均添加回收率在71.1% ~110.0%之间,相对标准偏差在2.7% ~8.4%之间。该方法对土壤、棉叶和棉籽3种基质中氟铃脲的检出限 (LOD)分别为0.04,0.12,0.22 μ g/kg,定量限(LOQ)分别为0.14,0.41,0.74 μ g/kg。方法灵敏度高、操作简便、定量准确、测定浓度范围宽,可用于氟铃脲在棉叶、棉籽和土壤中的残留分析。