Retention and degradation of metribuzin in sandy loam and clay soils of Lebanon

The retention and degradation of metribuzin herbicide were studied under two environmental conditions. Field studies were carried out on two soils, a sandy loam soil (soil A) and a clay soil (soil B). Metribuzin was applied with a jet sprayer at 1060 g a.i. ha^?1 and 1960 g a.i. ha^?1 on soils A and B respectively. Reconstituted soil columns were used to study the herbicide movement and metabolism in the two soils. Analyses of metribuzin and its metabolites were carried out using standardized methods. The results indicated a very weak capacity of adsorption of metribuzin in the two soils, and the weak adsorbed fraction is easily desorbed. Degradation and mobility of metribuzin in the field and laboratory soil columns were very intense and rapid. Soil A favoured reductive deamination whereas soil B favoured oxidative desulphuration and the respective metabolites deaminometribuzin and diketometribuzin yield the same product deaminodiketometribuzin. Both leaching by rainfall and degradation were important in the disappearance of metribuzin from the soils.     

Metribuzin mobility in soil columns as affected by urea fertiliser

Application of urea fertilisers to soils influences the soil solution characteristics and thus may affect the sorption of soil-applied herbicides. The present investigation reports the influence of urea co-application on sorption and leaching of metribuzin, a triazine herbicide. Urea application at 60 and 120 kg N ha(-1) increased metribuzin sorption in soils over that in untreated natural soil. The Kf (Freundlich adsorption coefficient) values of metribuzin for natural, 60 and 120 kg N ha(-1) treatments were 0.43, 0.46 and 0.84 microg(1 - 1/n) g(-1) ml1/n respectively. Downward mobility of metribuzin was studied in packed soil columns (300 mm length x 59 mm i.d.) at two irrigation intensities, 720 m3 ha(-1) (72 mm) and 3600 m3 ha(-1) (360 mm). After 720 m3 ha(-1) irrigation, metribuzin did not leach out of any column and was not detected in the leachate. Urea amendment slowed the leaching of metribuzin by 20 and 40% in 60 and 120 kg N ha(-1) urea-treated columns respectively. Also, following urea application, greater amounts of metribuzin were retained in the application zone. Upon increasing the irrigation intensity fivefold, urea application did not have any effect on metribuzin mobility, and its breakthrough from both natural and urea-amended columns occurred after 126 mm irrigation. However, there was a marked difference in the maximum concentration of metribuzin in the breakthrough curves obtained from natural and urea-amended columns. The study indicated that co-application of metribuzin and urea fertiliser is a safe practice as far as leaching of herbicide is concerned.     

Degradation of oxadiazon in Kalyani alluvial soil

Residual fate and behaviour of the herbicide oxadiazon in Kalyani soil, paddy straw and grain were studied under subtropical conditions, in West Bengal following application @ 1 kg and 2 kg ha⁻¹. Dissipation of oxadiazon in soil followed first-order kinetics and DT₅₀ values ranged from 44 to 45 days. Residues at harvest in paddy grains and straw were also studied. Degradation of oxadiazon after 60 days of incubation at 28(± 1) °C in alluvial soil at water holding capacity yielded 10 metabolites of which four were characterised by spectroscopy. © 1999 Society of Chemical Industry     

植物纤维地膜的土壤水热及作物产量效应

为了寻找塑料地膜的替代产品,解决应用塑料地膜造成的严重农田污染问题,对一种植物纤维地膜进行了玉米田间覆盖试验研究。结果表明,植物纤维地膜在玉米苗期具有显著的增温保墒作用,有利于保全苗,促进玉米的生长发育,显著提高玉米产量和水分利用效率。与露地相比,覆盖植物纤维地膜在不同测定时期内可提高土壤温度0.5℃～1.7℃,增加土壤含水量1.4%～6.1%;提高产量10.8%。植物纤维地膜覆盖8周后抗张强度损失率接近90%,120 d后地表残留量基本为零,表明该膜具有很好的降解性。     

The microbial biodegradation of paraquat in soil

The microbial degradation of [¹⁴C]paraquat using cultures from two agricultural soils was investigated. The experiments were carried out in the absence of light, under aerobic conditions. Degradation was rapid, with 50% mineralisation to [¹⁴C]carbon dioxide occurring within three weeks. HPLC, capillary electrophoresis and mass spectroscopy confirmed that the majority (>85%) of the remaining radiochemical in solution was [¹⁴C]oxalic acid, and that no paraquat remained.     

生物降解地膜降解性能对南疆土壤温湿度及棉花产量的影响

以普通聚乙烯(PE)地膜为对照,研究了棉田3种成分含量不同的聚对苯二甲酸-己二酸丁二醇酯(PBAT)生物降解地膜(A、B1和B2)的降解过程,分析了生物降解地膜对土壤温度、土壤含水量、棉花生长和产量的影响。结果显示:不同类型降解地膜的降解速率不同,降解速率排序为B1AB2;在棉花生育前期,生物降解地膜膜面保持完整,保温保墒效果差异不显著,但随着降解地膜的膜面降解破裂,膜下土壤温度和含水量开始降低,在棉花生育后期,生物降解地膜比普通地膜的土壤日均温低0.5℃～1.5℃,土壤含水量低2%～3%;A和B2生物降解地膜降解时间较早,使棉花生育中期生长受限,籽棉减产22.47%和23.06%,而B1生物降解地膜处理的棉花生育期与普通PE地膜基本一致,籽棉增产0.89%。B1生物降解膜具有较好的棉田覆盖应用潜力,较适用于南疆棉花种植。     

异噁唑草酮在土壤表面光解及在土壤中的降解和淋溶特性

为合理评估除草剂异唑草酮的环境风险,在实验室模拟条件下,研究了异唑草酮在土壤 (红壤土)表面光解以及在不同质地土壤 (潮土、水稻土和红壤土) 中的降解和淋溶特性。结果表明:异唑草酮在土壤表面的光解遵循一级反应动力学方程c_t = 4.23e–0.008t (r = 0.937),半衰期为82.5 h;其在潮土、水稻土和红壤土中的降解均符合一级动力学方程,好氧条件下,异唑草酮在3种土壤中的降解半衰期分别为10.5、43.3和139 h,厌氧条件下的降解半衰期分别为19.4、18.4和158 h;其在潮土、水稻土和红壤土中的淋溶系数 (R_f) 分别为0.417 0、0.083 3和0.083 3。研究表明:异唑草酮在土壤表面光解速率较慢,而在土壤中好氧及厌氧条件下降解速率均较快,残留期短;其在土壤中淋溶性较弱,不易对周围环境及地下水造成污染风险。     

旱区灌溉棉田土壤呼吸昼夜变化特征及其与土壤温度的关系

本试验以裸地为对照,通过对土壤剖面CO2浓度的监测,研究了旱区灌溉棉田土壤呼吸的昼夜变化规律及其与土壤温度的关系。主要结果如下:(1)土壤及根际呼吸均呈"V"型昼夜变化特征,最小值出现在16∶00~17∶00之间,而土壤微生物呼吸昼夜变化趋势与之相反;(2)土壤微生物呼吸产生的CO2通量在土壤升温阶段略高于降温阶段,相对的,根际呼吸在土壤升温阶段产生的CO2通量低于降温阶段,并形成一个明显的逆时针圆圈;(3)棉花根际呼吸对土壤呼吸的平均贡献率为47%。以上结果说明,在建立土壤呼吸与土壤温度相关关系模型的过程中,需要区分根际呼吸和土壤微生物呼吸,充分考虑土壤温度变化对土壤呼吸各组分影响的差异性。     

Modeling hydrology, metribuzin degradation and metribuzin transport in macroporous tilled and no-till silt loam soil using RZWQM

Due to the complex nature of pesticide transport, process-based models can be difficult to use. For example, pesticide transport can be effected by macropore flow, and can be further complicated by sorption, desorption and degradation occurring at different rates in different soil compartments. We have used the Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM) to investigate these phenomena with field data that included two management conditions (till and no-till) and metribuzin concentrations in percolate, runoff and soil. Metribuzin degradation and transport were simulated using three pesticide sorption models available in RZWQM: (a) instantaneous equilibrium-only (EO); (b) equilibrium-kinetic (EK, includes sites with slow desorption and no degradation); (c) equilibrium-bound (EB, includes irreversibly bound sites with relatively slow degradation). Site-specific RZWQM input included water retention curves from four soil depths, saturated hydraulic conductivity from four soil depths and the metribuzin partition coefficient. The calibrated parameters were macropore radius, surface crust saturated hydraulic conductivity, kinetic parameters, irreversible binding parameters and metribuzin half-life. The results indicate that (1) simulated metribuzin persistence was more accurate using the EK (root mean square error, RMSE = 0.03 kg ha(-1)) and EB (RMSE = 0.03 kg ha(-1)) sorption models compared to the EO (RMSE = 0.08 kg ha(-1)) model because of slowing metribuzin degradation rate with time and (2) simulating macropore flow resulted in prediction of metribuzin transport in percolate over the simulation period within a factor of two of that observed using all three pesticide sorption models. Moreover, little difference in simulated daily transport was observed between the three pesticide sorption models, except that the EB model substantially under-predicted metribuzin transport in runoff and percolate >30 days after application when transported concentrations were relatively low. This suggests that when macropore flow and hydrology are accurately simulated, metribuzin transport in the field may be adequately simulated using a relatively simple, equilibrium-only pesticide model.     

保护性耕作下黑土水热动态研究

通过连续监测东北典型黑土耕作长期定位试验下的土壤含水量和温度,研究了保护性耕作措施下农田黑土水热动态规律。结果表明:免耕秸秆覆盖(NTS)可显著提高0~50 cm土层水分含量,其中免耕在0~20 cm土层平均土壤体积含水量最高值分别比少耕(RT)和传统(CT)高3%~10%,尤其是可提高作物播种期表层土壤含水量。0~10 cm土层深度范围内RT土壤温度均高于NTS和CT,其中5 cm土层土壤温度日平均最高值较NTS和CT分别高3.04℃和5.27℃。三种耕作措施下的水热动态表明,少耕是我国东北旱作黑土区最佳的保护性耕作措施。     

Fate of metsulfuron-methyl in soils in relation to pedo-climatic conditions

The dependence of the behaviour of metsulfuron-methyl on soil pH was confirmed during incubations under controlled laboratory conditions with two French soils used for wheat cropping. The fate of [¹⁴C] residues from [triazine-¹⁴C]metsulfuron-methyl was studied by combining different experimen-tal conditions: soil pH (8·1 and 5·2), temperature (28 and 10°C), soil moisture (90 and 50% of soil water holding capacity) and microbial activity (sterile and non-sterile conditions). Metsulfuron-methyl degradation was mainly influenced by soil pH and temperature. The metsulfuron-methyl half-life varied from five days in the acidic soil to 69 days in the alkaline soil. Under sterile conditions, the half-life increased in alkaline soil to 139 days but was not changed in the acidic soil. Metsulfuron-methyl degradation mainly resulted in the formation of the amino-triazine. In the acidic soil, degradation was characterised by rapid hydrolysis giving two specific unidentified metabolites, not detected during incubations in the alkaline soil. Bound residues formation and metsulfuron-methyl mineralisation were highly correlated. The extent of bound residue formation increased when soil water content decreased and was maximal [48 (±4)% of the applied metsulfuron-methyl after 98 incubation days] in the acidic soil at 50% of the water holding capacity and 28°C. Otherwise, bound residues represented between 13 and 32% of the initial radioactivity. © 1998 SCI     

微生物及环境因子对土壤中乙草胺持效性的影响

以稗草为生物测定材料,研究了土壤微生物及环境因子对乙草胺持效性的影响。结果显示:在相同温度、湿度和光照条件下,相同浓度的乙草胺在灭菌土壤中的持效期比在非灭菌土壤中的持效期长;在中性偏碱的华北褐土中的持效期比在中性偏酸的东北黑土和湖南红土中的短;在试验湿度和温度范围内,乙草胺在非灭菌土壤中的持效期随土壤湿度或温度的提高而变短。与黑暗处理相比,光照可延长土壤中乙草胺的持效期。对5种试验因子的影响程度进行综合分析可知,土壤微生物是影响乙草胺持效性的主要因素,有益于土壤中微生物生长的环境因素对土壤中乙草胺的持效期有降低作用。可以预测,通过栽培耕作等措施改变环境因子可以起到对农药的持效期进行人为调控的作用。     

Impact of enclosure management on soil properties and microbial biomass in a restored semi-arid rangeland,Kenya

Rangeland degradation is a serious problem throughout sub-Saharan Africa and its restoration is a challenge for the management of arid and semi-arid areas. In Lake Baringo Basin of Kenya, communities and individual farmers are restoring indigenous vegetation inside enclosures in an effort to combat severe land degradation and address their livelihood problems. This study evaluated the impact of enclosure management on soil properties and microbial biomass, being key indicators of soil ecosystem health. Six reseeded communal enclosures using soil embankments as water-harvesting structures and strictly regulated access were selected, varying in age from 13 to 23 years. In six private enclosures, ranging from 3 to 17 years in age, individual farmers emulated the communal enclosure strategy and restored areas for their exclusive use. Significant decreases in bulk density, and increases in the soil organic carbon, total nitrogen and microbial biomass contents and stocks were found in the enclosures as compared with the degraded open rangeland. In the private enclosures, the impact of rehabilitation on the soil quality was variable, and soil quality was in general lower than that obtained under communal management. The significant increase of absolute stocks of carbon, nitrogen and microbial biomass compared to the degraded open rangeland indicates the potential for the restoration of soil quality through range rehabilitation. Over-sowing with indigenous legume fodder species could improve total nitrogen content in the soil and nutritional value of the pastures as well.     

砜吡草唑与嗪草酮复配应用于大豆-玉米带状复合种植田的效果评价

为明确小麦Triticum aestivum田新型除草剂砜吡草唑与嗪草酮复配应用于大豆Glycine max-玉米Zea mays带状复合种植田的可行性,在温室内采用Gowing法测定砜吡草唑与嗪草酮复配的联合作用类型,并通过盆栽法测定两者复配制剂80%砜吡·嗪草酮水分散粒剂（water dispersiblegranule,WDG）的杂草防除谱以及对大豆和玉米的安全性。结果显示,砜吡草唑与嗪草酮复配防除禾本科杂草马唐Digitaria sanguinalis和稗Echinochloa oryzicola的联合作用类型属于增效作用;对阔叶杂草苘麻Abutilon theophrasti和龙葵Solanum nigrum的联合作用类型属于加成作用。80%砜吡·嗪草酮WDG对6种禾本科杂草马唐、稗、牛筋草Eleusine indica、狗尾草Setaira viridis、虎尾草Chloris virgata、大狗尾草Setaira faberii和4种阔叶杂草马齿苋Portulaca oleracea、青葙Celosia argentea、铁苋菜Acalypha australis、反枝苋Amaranthus retroflexus的防除效果均很好,其GR₅₀在6.1~21.6 g (a.i.)/hm²之间,GR₉₀在16.3~50.5 g (a.i.)/hm²之间,对苘麻和龙葵的防除效果略差,其GR₅₀分别为53.3 g (a.i.)/hm²和25.4 g (a.i.)/hm²,GR₉₀分别为282.1 g (a.i.)/hm²和96.7 g (a.i.)/hm²,低于其田间推荐剂量300~360 g (a.i.)/hm²,且该药剂对玉米和大豆的安全性都很高,在玉米与马唐、稗、牛筋草、马齿苋、青葙及铁苋菜这6种杂草之间的选择性指数均大于13.6,在大豆与这6种杂草之间的选择性指数均远大于28.5。表明砜吡草唑完全可与嗪草酮复配应用于大豆-玉米带状复合种植田的杂草防除。     

秸秆覆盖对农田黑土春季地温的影响

通过黑土区田间长期定位试验,研究了秸秆覆盖度对太阳反射和土壤含水量的影响,进而探讨了其对土壤温度的调控作用。在作物出苗前,秸秆覆盖度免耕(覆盖度70%)>少耕(覆盖度10%)>旋松(覆盖度0%)。研究结果表明:免耕、少耕和旋松的累计反射强度依次递减,反射辐射强度越大土壤温度越低;免耕具有较高的质量含水量,质量含水量均与地温存在显著的负相关关系。     

Recovery of non-target plants affected by airborne bromoxynil-octanoate and metribuzin

The present study was conducted to evaluate the recovery potential of non‐target plants affected by two airborne herbicides. Sunflower at the two‐leaf stage was used as a test plant and exposed for 24 h in a wind tunnel to a range of concentrations of airborne bromoxynil‐octanoate and metribuzin. Quantum yield (φ_PSII) of exposed leaves and of the second leaf pair developed after exposure was determined at a particular time up to 16 days following exposure. Maximum depression in quantum yield of exposed leaves from which a complete recovery occurred within 16 days was 63% for bromoxynil‐octanoate and 60% for metribuzin respectively. The corresponding maximum concentrations were 1.310 and 0.390 μg m^?3 respectively. The second leaf pair was also affected and showed a similar recovery potential. From the results it can be concluded that the significance of airborne bromoxynil‐octanoate and metribuzin must not be overestimated, as sunflower and non‐target plants with a similar sensitivity are likely to recover from air concentrations of both herbicides reported under field conditions.     

阿克苏地区土壤温度特征分析

利用阿克苏地区10个自动站2006-2008年逐时9层土壤温度观测资料,从不同的时空尺度分析其变化特征。结果发现：阿克苏地区0～20cm土壤温度存在明显的日变化,其深度每增加5cm,土壤温度最高值和最低值的出现时间分别依次向后延迟1～2小时。浅层土壤温度随深度增加日变化逐渐减小;深层土壤温度无明显日变化,且各层之间温差...     

不同麦秸覆盖量对夏玉米田棵间土壤蒸发和地温的影响

采用微型蒸渗仪(Micro-lysimeter)和曲管地温表观测了不同麦秸覆盖量下夏玉米田的棵间土壤蒸发和土壤温度,试验设置5个处理(秸秆覆盖量分别为0(对照)、1 500、4 500、7 500、10 500 kg/hm2),分析了不同秸秆覆盖量下夏玉米田棵间土壤蒸发和土壤温度的动态变化规律.结果表明,麦秸覆盖夏玉米田有效抑制了棵间土壤蒸发,平抑了地温的变化幅度;夏玉米生育期内,4种覆盖处理(由高覆盖量至低覆盖量)棵间土壤蒸发比对照依次减少了63.51%、60.98%、52.94%、34.07%,0～20 cm的地温平均日变幅比对照分别降低了3.14℃、2.93℃、2.32℃、2.02℃.麦秸覆盖处理的抑蒸稳温效应,促进了夏玉米生长,提高了夏玉米的产量和水分利用效率.     

不同耕作措施对冬小麦农田土壤水分和温度的影响

在多年田间定位试验的基础上,研究了内陆河绿洲灌区不同耕作措施对冬小麦农田土壤水分和温度的影响.结果表明,冬小麦返青至成熟,0～150 cm土层深度范围内免耕秸秆覆盖处理土壤平均含水量较免耕和传统耕作处理高0.21%和0.23%,免耕对土壤含水量影响不明显;冬小麦收获后,0～150 cm土层深度范围内土壤含水量平均值的高低顺序为:免耕秸秆覆盖＞免耕＞传统耕作.冬小麦返青至成熟期间,无论晴天还是阴天,0～25 cm土层深度范围内免耕秸秆处理土壤温度均低于免耕和传统耕作处理,免耕秸秆覆盖和免耕处理土壤温度平均值较传统耕作分别低2.8℃和2.6℃,免耕秸秆覆盖处理可以稳定土壤温度.相关分析表明,土壤含水量与土壤温度存在显著负相关关系.