Residues of atrazine, simazine, linuron and diuron after repeated annual applications in a peach orchard

Annual applications of the herbicides atrazine, simazine, linuron and diuron at 45 kg/ha were made to the same plots for 9 consecutive years from 1963 to 1971 in a peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch.) orchard located on sandy loam soil near Harrow, Ontario. Soil samples from these plots were collected in late October for the last 3 years (1969–1971) and trees were cut down in December, 1969. Herbicide residues were determined by bioassays based on the fresh and dry weight of oats (Avena sativa L.) and in one year results were confirmed by chemical analysis. Significant accumulation of herbicides was not observed. The maximum residue levels measured in October over the 3 years of sampling were 7′3 kg/ha for diuron, 3–8 kg/ha for linuron, 1–6 kg/ha for simazine and 04 kg/ha for atrazine in the top 15 cm of the soil profile. Simazine and atrazine showed a rapid decrease in amount after treatment but diuron and linuron were degraded more slowly. Measurable residues of all herbicides were confined to the upper 15 cm of the soil profile and the majority of herbicide remained in the 0–5-cm soil layer. Oats were planted in the orchard plots from 1972 to 1974 to follow the disappearance of the herbicides. All herbicides caused highly significant yield decreases in 1972, atrazine causing the least (38%) and diuron the greatest (86%) reductions. Diuron reduced the yield of oats in 1973 and caused a highly significant decrease in the weight of young oat plants in 1974.     

DETERMINATION OF THE VARIETAL TOLERANCE OF SUGARCANE TO PRE-EMERGENCE DIURON AND ATRAZINE

Summary. Six sugarcane varieties, N: Co 310, F146, F148, F152, F153 and F156, were Found in a field trial to differ in their tolerance to pre-emergence diuron with units of susceptibility of 100, 1·57, 1·20, 1·60, 11·30 and 8·07, and to pre-emergence atrazine of 0·75, 0·97, 0·59, 1·44, 2·42 and 0·78 respectively. Relative tolerance was assessed by subjecting each variety to seven rates of the herbicides in geometric series and calculating the F values for monthly measurements of the cane plants through the growing seasons of both the autumn-planting and ratoon crops. Units of susceptibility of each variety were obtained by transforming each mean F value into a proportion of the value for the standard variety N: Co 310. Any residual effect of the pre-emergence herbicides even at 20 kg/ha a.i. on cane plants was found to be small and insignificant after ploughing field ridges 5 months from cane-planting. With diuron, increasing the rate up to 10 kg/ha began to cause a significant reduction of sugar yield per hectare of cane, while atrazine gave such a reduction only with 20 kg/ha. Détermination de la résistance variétale de la canne à sucre à l'éigard du diuron et de l'atrazine appliqués en pré-levée Résumé. Six variétés de canne à sucre, N:Co 310, F146, F148, F152, F153 et F156, ont manifesté dans un essai au champ des differences de résistance au diuron en pré-levée, avec des mesures de sensibilité de 1,00, 1,57, 1,20, 1,60, 11,30 et 8,07; pour l'atrazine en pré-levée, 0,75, 0,97, 0,59, 1,44, 2,42 et 0,78 respectivement. Une résistance relative fut établie en soumettant chaque variétéà sept doses des herbicides en progression géométrique et en calculant les valeurs de F pour des mensurations mensuelles des plantes de canne, durant la saison de croissance, à la fois pour les plantations d'automne et les repousses de cannes après recépage. Des unités dc sensibilité pour chaque variété furent obtenues en transformant chaque valeur moyenne de F en une proportion de la valeur pour la variety standard N:Co 310. L'effet résiduel des herbicides appliqués en pré-levée, même à 20 kg/ha (m.a.) sur les piantes de cannes fut faible et non significatif apres labour des billons à 5 mois de la plantation des cannes. Avec le diuron l'aecroissement de la dose jusqu’à 10 kg/ha provoqua un commencement de réduction significative de rendement en sucre par hectare, alors que l'atrazine provoqua une telle reduction seulement avec 20 kg/ha. Bestimmung der unterschiedlichen Toleranz von Zuckerrohrsorten gegenüber Diuron und Atrazin bei Vorauflaufbehandlung Zusammenfassung. Im Feldversuch wurde gefunden, dass die sechs Zuckerrohrsorten N: Co 310, F 146, F 148. F 152, F 153 und F 156 sich bei Vorauflaufbehandlung in ihrer Toleranz gegenüber Diuron und Atrazin unterscheiden. Die Suszeptibilitätseinheiten waren für Diuron 1,00, 1,57, 1,20, 1,60, 11,30 und 8,07, für Atrazin 0,75, 0,97, 0,59, 1,44, 2,42 und 0,78. Die Ermittlung der relativen Toleranz erfolgte, indem jede Sorte mit sieben Aufwandmengen der Herbizide in geometrischer Reihe behandelt wurde und die F-Werte für die monatlichen Messungen der Zuckerrohrpfianzen während der Vegetationsperiode berechnet wurden. Die Messungen erfolgten sowohl an im Herbst gepflanztem Zuckerrohr als auch an Wurzelschossen. Die Einheiten der Suszeptibilität für jede Sorte wurden durch Umformung eines jeden mittleren F-Wertes in einen auf die Standardsorte N: Co 310 bezogenen Relativwert erhalten. Die Wirkung von Rücks-tänden der Vorauflaufherbizide auf die Zuckerrohrpflanzen war selbst bei 20 kg/ha Wirkstoff nach Furchenpflügen 5 Monate nach der Auspflanzung gering und nicht signifikant. Diuron begann eine signifikante Minderung des Zuckerertrages pro Hektar hervorzurufen, wenn die Aufwandmenge bis auf 10 kg/ha gesteigert wurde, wahrend Atrazin erst bei 20 kg/ha eine solche Ertragsminderung verursachte.     

Yield losses in weed-free wheat and barley due to post-emergence herbicides

The tolerance of weed-free wheat and barley to a range of herbicides (bromoxynil, methabenzthiazuron, MCPA, bromoxynil + MCPA. linuron, prometryne, diuron, 2,4-D ester and 2,4-D amine) when applied at the crop three-leaf stage, was examined over the 5-year period 1968–72. All chemicals lowered grain yields to some extent, but the variation between chemicals was greater for wheat than for barley. In both crops, methabenzthiazuron was the safest chemical causing only small (<2·0%,) yield losses at rates up to 2·25 kg a.i./ha. At this rate of application yield losses of up to 36% were recorded for the substituted urea derivatives. Both crops had a low tolerance to 2,4-D ester and amine. Yield losses from bromoxynil, bromoxynil + MCPA and MCPA were similar, varying from 4 to 8% al 0·5 kg a.i./ha to 9–24% at 2·25 kg a.i./ha. Pertes de rendement dans le blé et l'orge provoquées, en l'absence de mauvaises herbes, par des herbicides de postlevée Pendant une période de 5 années (1968–1972) les auteurs ont examiné la résistance du béet de l'orge. Traités, en l'absence de mauvaises herbes, au stade 3 feuilles, avec une série d'herbicidcs (bromoxynil, méthabenzthiazuron, MCPA, bromoxynil-i-MCPA, linuron, prométrync. ditiron, 2,4-D ester et 2,4-D a mine). Tous ces produits ont diminué les rendements en grains dans des proportions variées, mais la variation entre produits a été plus grande pour le blé que pour l'orge. Pour les deux céréales, le méthabenzlhiazuron a été le produit le moins toxique, provotjuant seulement de faibles penes de rendement inférieurcs à 2,0%, à des doses allant jusquà 2,25 kg/m.a/ha. A cette dose d'application, des pertes de rendement allant jusquà 36% ont élé enregistrées avec des urées substituées. Les deux éréles ont manifesté uoe faible resistance au 2,4-D estr et amine. Les pertes de rendement provoquées par le bromoxynil, le bromoxynil + MCPA, et le MCPA ont été analogues, variant de 4 à 8% pour 0,5 kg/m.a./ha, jusqu’à 9 à 24% pour 2,5 kg/m.a./ha. Ertragsverluste durch Nachaufiatifherbizide in unkrautfreiem Weizen und Gerste In unkrautfreien Weizen- und Gerstebestánden wurde in fünfjáhrigen Versuthcn (1968–72) die Toleranz der beiden Arten gegenüber folgenden Herbiziden untersucht: Bromoxynil, Methabenzthiazuron, MCPA, Bromoxynil + MCPA. Linuron, Prometryn, Diuron, 2,4-D-Eister und 2,4-D-Amin- salz. Die Behandlung erfolgte jeweils im 3-Blattstadium. Alle Verbindungen erniedrigten zu einem gewissen Grad den kornertrag. Beim Weizen waren aber die Unterschiede zwischen den verschiedenen Herbiziden grösser als bei der Gerste. Methabenzthiazuron war bei Aufwandmengen bis zu 2.25 kg A.S./ha in beiden Getreidearten das sicherste Herbizid und verursachte nur geringe Ertragsdepressionen (<2%). Bei dieser Aufwandmenge wurden bei den Harn-stoffherbiziden bis zu 36% Ertragsverlust festgestellt. Gegen 2,4-D-Ester und 2,4-D-Aminsalz waren Weizen und Gerste wenig tolerant. Die Ertragsverluste durch Bromoxynil, Bromoxynil + MCPA und MCPA waren etwa gleich und betrugen 4–8% bei 0.5 kg A.S./ha bis 9–24% bei 2,25 kg A.S./ha.     

Field experiments to investigate long-term effects of repeated applications of MCPA, tri-allate, simazine and linuron: II. Crop performance and residues 1969–78

In four field experiments begun in 1963, each of four herbicides was applied to plots planted wilh the same crop each year. The annual treatments were: MCPA at 17 kg/ha to barley (Hordeum sativa Jess) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) at growth stage 15. tri-allate at 17 kg/ha pre-emergcnce to barley and wheat, simazine at l7kg/ha pre-emergence to maize (Zea mays L.) and linuron in two applications of 084 kg/ha pre- and post-emergence to carrots (Daucus carota L.). MCPA did not affect growth or yield of either barley or wheat. In general tri-allate also did not aftect the crops although wheat yield was depressed in 1978, wheat 1000 grain weight was reduced in 1972 and barley germination percentage was increased in 1973. Simazine did not influence the height, yield or appearance of maize. Linuron normally produced no effect on carrot yield, density and size. However, in 2 years when the post-emergence application was late, density but not yield was lower than in control plots. There was no accumulation of residues of any of these compounds in the soil. Rates of loss were similar to those predicted on ihe basis of laboratory experiments. In a fifth experiment these herbicides were applied twice per year (3 times in the case of linuron) at double the rales above on each occasion to bare plots. These applications ceased in 1968 (1969 for MCPA) but residues were monitored until 1972 except in the case of MCPA. Disappearance rates were similar to those in the cropped plots and residues were largely confined to the top 10 cm. The plots treated with MCPA had developed an enhanced ability lo degrade il prior to 1968. This persisted for 5 years after the final application.     

THE USE OF A LOW DOSE OF ATRAZINE ALONE AND IN MIXTURES WITH OTHER HERBICIDES IN THE MAIZE CROP

Summary. Linuron, 2,4-D-aniine, propachlor, pyriclor and cypromid, singly and mixture with atrazine, were compared with atrazine and fluromidine alone for effectiveness of weed control in maize on Oxford clay soil. Pre-emergence applications were made under wet conditions and atrazine, even at 0·28 kg/ha a.i. gave an excellent control of three main weeds, Stellaria media, Veronica spp. and Polygonum aviculare , and at 0·56 kg/ha also killed Aethusa cynapium. Fluromidine was comparable with atrazine, but linuron,2,4-D-amine, propachlor and pyriclor were less effective. Post-emergence treatments were less satisfactory. High doses of atrazine were needed for good weed control. Acynapium was resistant to pyriclor and cypromid and P. aviculare to fluromidine. 2,4-Daminewas ineffective, but atrazine/2,4-D-amine mixtures were more effective than the individual components for the control of P. aviculare. Pyriclor, at 0·56 kg/ha pre-emergenceand cypromid at 2·24 kg/ha post-emergence directly reduced the yield of the crop.
Utilisation de I'atrazine à faible dose, seule et en mélange avec d'autres herbicides, dans les culturesde maïs     

Control of Achillea millefolium L. (yarrow) by rotary cultivation and glyphosate

Various control strategies for Achillea millefolium L. (yarrow) were investigated in a dense stand of the weed at Lincoln College in 1977–1978. In early spring plots were either rotary cultivated or left undisturbed. In late spring, plots of both previous treatments were either left undisturbed, rotary cultivated or sprayed with glyphosate at 1·5 kg ha^?1. The whole experiment was rotary cultivated twice 1 week later and sown with Hordeum vulgure L. cv. Zephyr (barley) at 144 kg seed ha^?1. MCPA + dicamba at 0·9+0·15 kg ha^?1 was applied to half of each plot when the second node was detectable (Zadok 32). Rotary cultivation and glyphosate both substantially reduced the regrowth of A. millefolium but glyphosate reduced regrowth by a greater proportion when applied to undisturbed plants than when applied to plants regenerating after cultivation. Both gave a more than 95% reduction compared to the control (rotary cultivation only at sowing time) in the amount of A. millefolium present in the barley stubble in the autumn. MCPA + dicamba caused seedling mortality but did not affect the numbers of primary shoots from rhizome fragments. The grain yield of the barley increased from 2·91 t ha^?1 when A. millefolium was not controlled to 4·23 t ha^?1 with good control. The barley yield appeared to be restricted by competition from regenerating A. millefolium and by a nitrogen deficiency induced in some regimes by nitrogen immobilization in decaying rhizomes.     

SELECTIVE HERBICIDAL CONTROL OF BARLEY GRASS IN PASTURE AND LUCERNE

Summary. Comparative experimental results with dalapon-sodium and paraquat for the control of barley grass ( Hordeum leporinum Link) in lucene and subterranean clover pasture are reported. Sprays were applied 3–4 days after a simulated grazing.
At all rates tested (1–4 lb/ac), dalapon provided satisfactory control of, but did not eradicate, barley grass. Subterranean clover productivity was reduced substantially whether application was in May or July; lucerne growth was retarded by 4 lb/ac applied in July.
Paraquat applied at 0.06–0.25 lb/ac in May gave similar but somewhat less effective control than did dalapon. Some re-establishment of barley grass occurred as a result of late germinations following the May applications. Paraquat applied in July at 0.06 lb/ac gave unsatisfactory results, but at 0.12 and 0.25 lb/ac the control was comparable with that given by dalapon. Subterranean clover was damaged slightly by the May treatments but recovered quickly, after initial scorching, following applications in July. Lucerne was neither damaged nor retarded by paraquat.
The addition ofa wetting agent increased the efficacy of paraquat in controlling certain more tolerant annual grasses, but not barley grass.
Désherbage sélectif des pâtures ft des luzernes: lutte contre l'orge des lièvres     

Tolerance of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to trifluralin deep-incorporated in the autumn or spring

Field experiments at Lacombe on a Ponoka loam soil (9·6% organic matter) during 1982 and 1983 investigated the tolerance of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cv. Neepawa in a weed free situation to trifluralin applied at 0·0–3·0 kg ai ha^?1 in the autumn or spring and incorporated to a depth of 10 cm. Rates of trifluralin above 1·0 kg ai ha^?1 applied in the autumn or spring reduced the percent stand of wheat compared to an untreated control. Two weeks after emergence the crop showed 37 or 47% injury indicated by delayed growth, following application at 1·0 kg ai ha^?1 in the autumn or spring, respectively. The wheat recovered throughout the course of the growing season. At harvest, trifluralin applied in the autumn or spring at rates below 1·0 kg ai ha^?1 caused a yield increase while higher rates caused a yield decrease compared to the untreated control. Spring application caused a greater yield loss than autumn application. The tolerance of spring wheat to trifluralin at rates required for weed control (1·1 kg ai ha^?1 or higher) on this soil type is marginal.     

Control of Avena fatua and Fagopyrum tataricum with tank mixtures of linuron or linuron + MCPA and sequential applications of linuron, and post-emergence A. fatua herbicides

Linuron (0.21 and 0.28 kg/ha) and linuron + MCPA (0.21+0.56 kg/ha) in a tank mixture with field rates of barban, difenzoquat and flamprop-methyl reduced the phytotoxicity of these herbicides to Avena fatua. When linuron was applied immediately following or 6 days after the A. fatua herbicides no reduction in phytotoxicity to A. fatua occurred, suggesting that the antagonism may be occurring as a result of physical or chemical incompatability when the herbicides are mixed together. The possibility of obtaining broad-spectrum weed control with one trip over the field by applying linuron and one of these wild oat herbicides separately but at the same time using a double-boom, double-tank system deserves evaluation. When linuron was applied in a tank mixture (0.21 and 0.28 kg/ha), immediately after, or 6 days after diclofop-methyl (0.70 kg/ha), there was no reduction of A. fatua control, and wheat tolerance to the tank mixture was good. This tank mixture offers potential for control under field conditions of A. fatua and some broad-leaved weeds in one spray operation. Linuron + MCPA (0.21+0.56 kg/ha) in a tank mixture severely reduced A. fatua control with diclofop-methyl. No loss of phytotoxicity to Fagopyrum tataricum occurred when the A. fatua herbicides tested were tank mixed with linuron or linuron + MCPA. Lutte contre Avena fatua et Fagopyrum tataricum avec des mélanges extemporanés de linuron ou de linuron + MCPA et des applications successives de linuron et d'herbicides de postlevée actifs contre A. fatua     

Soil conditions affecting the dissipation of diuron,fluometuron and propham from the soil surface*

Diuron and fluometuron at 0–6 kg/ha and propham at 4 kg/ha were sprayed on the soil surface and left exposed for 2 weeks to hot and sunny weather. All three herbicides were completely deactivated when sprayed on wet soil; on air-dry soil a smaller but appreciable loss of diuron and propham was recorded. Shallow incorporation after spraying on dry soil reduced greatly the dissipation. A light irrigation after spraying or after 1 week of exposure increased the loss of the herbicide. Conditions du sol affectant la disparition du diuron, du fluomituron et du prophame de la surfaee du sol Le diuron et le fluométuron à 0,6 kg/ha et le propham à 4 kg/ha ont été appliqués en pulvérisation à la surface du sol et laissés exposés pendant deux semaines à la chaleur et à un temps ensoleillé. Les trois herbicides ont été complétement inactiveés lorsqu'ils ont été appliqués sur un sol humide; sur un sol séchéà l'air, il a été enregistrée une perte faible mais appréciable, de diuron et de prophame. Une incorporation superficielle aprés la pulvérisation sur un sol sec réduisit beaucoup la dégradation. Une irrigation légére aprés la pulvérisation ou aprés une semaine d'exposition augmenta la perte d'herbicide. Bodenverfidltnisse, die den Verlust von Diuron, Fluometuron und Propham eon der Bodenoberflache bedingen Diuron und Fluometuron wurden mit 0–6 kg/ha und Propham mit 4 kg/ha auf die Bodenoberfläche gespritzt, wo sie zwei Wochen lang, heissem und sonnigem Wetter ausgesetzt waren. Wurde auf nassen Boden gespritzt, dann wurden alle drei Herbizide vollständig desaktiviert; bei lufttrockenem Boden wurde ein geringer, aber deutlicher Verlust vonDiuron und Propham beobachtet. Flache Einarbeitung nachder Spritzung erniedrigte bei trockenem Boden den Verlust sehr. Leichte Beregnung nach dem Spritzen, oder eine Woche nach dem die Herbizide an der Bodenoberflache dem Wetter ausgesetzt waren, erhöhte den Herbizidverlust.     

Residues of tetrachlorvinphos and its breakdown products on treated crops. III.—Residues on a range of field crops

A wide range of crops including top fruit, cereals, brassicas, root vegetables and cotton from field trials in several countries in 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968 have been analysed for residues of tetrachlorvinphos (Gardona, trans-homer of dimethyl 1-(2′,4′,5′-trichlorophenyl)-2-chlorovinyl phosphate) foliar insecticide, its isomer and its potential breakdown products. The residues under field conditions were mainly of tetrachlorvinphos, its isomer and 1-(2′,4′,5′-trichlorophenyl)ethan-1-ol in free and sugar-conjugated forms. Tetrachlorvinphos was not unduly persistent on the crops and its initial half-life varied from 2 days on cabbage, to 7 days on potato foliage and to 12 days on pears (after the last of five applications). From one week after the final application onwards the highest residues of tetrachlorvinphos observed were on olives (1 ppm after 18 days after a single application of 0·1 % active material), maize leaf (2·8 ppm at 9·5 weeks after the last of two applications at 3 kg/ha), and cabbage (1·9 ppm at 12 days after the last of three applications at 0·5 kg/ha). The maximum residues of the alcohol in the free form were 3·2 ppm on maize leaf at 8 weeks from the second application at 1·5 kg/ha and in the conjugated form were 1·0 ppm on cauliflowers at 6 days after the last of four applications at 0·5 kg/ha.     

TRIAZINE HERBICIDES ON MAIZE AND THEIR RESIDUAL EFFECTS ON FOLLOWING CROPS*

Summary. Pre-emergence application of 2–5 kg/ha (a.i.) of atrazine or simazine was the most effective treatment for control of broad-leaved weeds in maize. Other triazines injured maize at all rates tested. Among the crops following maize treated with atrazine or simazine at 2–5 kg/ha, sugar beet was injured whereas wheat, oats, vetch, onions and soybeans were not. Post-emergence application of triazine herbicides was not effective and did not increase maize yields significantly over those of the unweeded plots. Wheat, oats, vetch and sugar beet were injured when following maize treated with post-emergence sprays; onions and soybeans showed no visible injury except from atrazine or simazine at 5 kg/ha or more, and from mixtures of atrazine+prometryne or atrazine+ametryne at 12–5 kg/ha. Les triazines herbicides sur le mais et leurs arrière-effets sur les cultures suivantes     

Chemical weed control in rainfed cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) in the Guinea savanna zone of Nigeria

In a field trial in 1978 at Mokwa, southern Guinea savanna zone of Nigeria, metolachlor at 1.5 and 3.0, prometryne at 2.0 and norflurazon and diuron at 1.6 kg/ha combined good weed control with high grain yield of cowpeas. The grain yields with these herbicides were comparable to those of the hoe-weeded and significantly higher than the weedy controls. In 1979, under wetter conditions, crop injury was observed with prometryne and linuron at 2.0 kg/ha. However, the grain yields obtained with alachlor, metolachlor, chloramben, pendimethalin and norflurazon and their mixtures with prometryne, linuron, diuron or metobromuron were comparable to that of the hoe-weeded treatment. In 1979 at Samaru, northern Guinea savanna, pendimethalin at 1.5, metolachlor at 3.0 and chlorbromuron and linuron at 1.0 kg/ha gave selective weed control. Prometryne at 2.0 kg/ha was the only herbicide that gave a significantly lower broad-leaved weed weight than the weedy check but it reduced the crop stand. At 1.0 kg/ha it was tolerated by the crop but failed to control grasses. Metolachlor at 1.5 kg/ha had a significantly higher broad-leaved weed weight than the weedy check. All theherbicides, except pendimethalin at 3.0 kg/ha, controlled the annual sedges at Samaru.     

RESIDUAL ACTIVITY OF PARAQUAT IN SOILS II. ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION

Glasshouse studies showed that low doses of paraquat inhibited the germination of Lolium perenne L. broadcast directly onto the paraquat-sprayed surfaces of a sphagnum and a peat soil, but that higher doses were necessary to produce phytotoxic symptoms on mineral soils, a compost and a loam. On all soils residual activity increased rapidly with increasing dose once the minimum phytotoxic dose was reached. On a sandy soil, residual activity increased almost linearly from the lowest to the highest dose applied. At 9·0, 4·5 and 2·24 kg/ha phytotoxicity on a compost was not affected by changes in the volume of application, but at 1·68 kg/ha and lower, reducing the volume from 562 1/ha to 281 and 112 1/ha resulted in increased phytotoxicity. Phytotoxic residues were eluted from paraquat-treated compost surfaces by percolating de-ionized water up soil columns but residual activity was not removed from the eluted surfaces. Surface irrigation of paraquat-treated surfaces with water previously percolated through columns of untreated soil reduced residual activity by 45%.     

Correspondence

Abstract

Twenty-seven different herbicides were tested at the AUB Agricultural Research and Education Center in the Beqa'a, Lebanon, to determine their effects on weeds in wheat, barley, maize, onion and sugar beet. Each herbicide was tested at three different rates as pre-emergence and post-emergence applications. Unweeded and hand-weeded check plots were included. Data on yield, quality and other agronomic characteristics of the crops tested were recorded.

Concentrations of 1,000 and 10,000 ppm of 2, 4–D caused a significant decrease in the height and grain yield of wheat and barley when sprayed at the 3-leaf stage. At the 5-leaf stage, injury to wheat and barley occurred only when sprayed at 10,000 ppm, whereas an increase in the grain yield was obtained at 1,000 ppm of 2, 4–D acid equivalent (1 kg a.i./ha).

Pre-emergence treatments of atrazine and simazine at 2.5 kg a.i./ha caused a significant increase in the forage and grain yields of maize as compared to unweeded check plots. Wheat, oats, vetch and sugar beet were injured when planted after triazine-treated maize, whereas onions and soyabeans were tolerant. Other promising herbicides tested on maize were C 3095 (N–3–trifluoromethylphenyl–N'–methyl–N'–methoxyurea) and BV– 201 (1–(3′, 4′–dichlorophenyl)–3–methylpyrrolidin–2–one) applied as a pre-emergence spray at 1 and 2 kg/ha respectively.

Pre-planting treatment of EPTC and pre-emergence treatment of pebulate at 2 kg/ha gave a slight increase in the yield of roots of sugar beet. BV–201 and BV–207 (1–(3–chloro–4–methylphenyl)–3–methylpyrrolidin–2–one) were phytotoxic to beet.

In onions, nitrofen, BV–201 and BV–207 at 1–2 kg/ha were promising as pre-emergence and post-emergence sprays. DNOC and dinoseb at 1.5 kg/ha and ioxynil at 0.5 kg/ha sprayed post-emergence increased the yield of onions significantly over the check. No significant effects of these herbicides were observed on the bulb index, moisture content and total soluble solids of onions.     

Differential growth and response to atrazine between and within susceptible and resistant biotypes of Chenopodium album L.

Differential growth and response to atrazine were examined in greenhouse experiment with three populations of Chenopodium album from southwestern Ontario: two known susceptible (SI. SII) and one resistant (R). Germination of the resistant biotype was less than SII but the same as SI. R seedlings were not as mature at 16 days and weighed less at 23 days than seedlings of SI and SII. Within SI. early-(ESI) and late-flowering (LSI) variants were recognized. Older plants of R (37 and 44 days) had a greater growth rate than two of the susceptible populations (LSI and SII). In terms of vegetalive, floral, and total biomass. mature individuals of ESI were less productive than the other populations, but devoted a greater percentage of dry weight to floral production. Young plants (37 days old) were sprayed with atrazine at 00125, 0.25, 0.5, 1.25, 2.5 and 5 kg/ha. Population ESI was most sensitive to at razine; height and weight of stems and production of new leaves showed decreases at 0.25 and 0.125 kg/ha. respectively, compared to the untreated. Populations LSI and SII showed greater tolerance and decreases in these characters occurred at a higher rate of atrazine. Leaf weight per plant decreased at 0.25 kg/ha as a result of decreases in weight per unit area of leaf for all susceptible population. Growth of R as measured by the above criteria was not affected by atrazine treatments but leaf weight per unit area was slightly reduced at 2.5 and 5.0 kg/ha Single leaves of 48 day old plants were infused with at razine concentrations of 0.5, 2.0, 3.0 and 20.0 ppm. Leaf chlorosis increased with concentration and injury was greater in populations LSI and SII than in ESI. A small amount of chlorosis occurred in R.     

SHOOT ZONE UPTAKE OF SOIL-APPLIED HERBICIDES IN PISUM SATIVUM L.

Summary. The effects of localized herbicide placement at different internodes of pea ( Pisum sativum L. cv. Alaska) shoots below the soil surface after plant emergence were studied by removing the soil from around the shoots and replacing with herbicide-treated soil. The first internode proved insensitive to linuron, diuron, atrazine and simazine at 4·5 kg/ha, while treatment of the second and third internodes markedly reduced plant growth 4–6 days after treatment. Separate exposure of the first internode alone, and the second and part of the third together to ¹⁴C-labelled atrazine indicated no difference in herbicide metabolism. However, a two- to threefold increase in ¹⁴C uptake and movement to the foliar parts occurred when the second and part of the third internode was treated, as compared to first internode treatment. Thus the differential sensitivity of the internodes to atrazine, and possibly to the other herbicides, may be because the more mature first internode allows less uptake and subsequent movement to the foliar parts.
Absorption dans la zone des tiges des herbicides appliqués dans le sol chez Pisum sativum L.     

Persistence of dichlobenil in a sandy soil and effects of residues on plant growth

The persistence of dichlobenil following the application of dichlobenil granules was studied in a replicated plot experiment including both surface and incorporated treatments of 8·3 and 16·6 kg/ha ai. Soil analyses showed an initial half-life of about 4 weeks but the persistence increased with time and a year after application the half-life was about 1 year. Incorporation of the granules into the soil markedly increased the persistence of dichlobenil and its metabolite dichlorobenzamide. The most sensitive crop was carrot which was damaged by residues of only 1–2% of the recommended dose. Residues phytotoxic to carrots persisted for 2 years from the 8·3 kg/ha surface application and 5 years from the 18·6 kg/ha incorporated application. Lettuce was also highly sensitive to residues.     

Movement of dieldrin through soils: I.—From arable soils into ponds

Dieldrin at a rate of 22–45 kg active ingredient/ha (10–20 times the rate used in practice) was applied to strips, each 1·8–3·6 m wide, 3·6–4·5 m away from the edges of four ponds. There were shallow to steep slopes from the treated strips towards the ponds. Dieldrin was found in small amounts in untreated soil on the surface of the slopes between the treated strips and the ponds but none was found in the pond water. Very small amounts (maximum 0·3 ppm) were found in bottom mud of ponds but not when the dieldrin had been thoroughly incorporated into the treated soil after application. In the experiment where the vertical distribution of dieldrin was studied the largest amount below 15 cm was 1·1 ppm at 81 weeks from application.     

FIELD EXPERIMENTS TO INVESTIGATE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF REPEATED APPLICATIONS OF MCPA, TRI-ALLATE, SIMAZINE AND LINURON: REPORT AFTER 6 YEARS

Summary. In five long-term field experiments begun in 1963, each of four herbicides was applied to plots either planted with the same crop each year or uncropped. The following treatments were applied annually: MCPA at 24 oz/ac to barley at the 5-leaf stage, triallate at 24 oz/ac to barley pre-emergence, simazine at 24 oz/ac to maize pre-emergence, linuron at 12–24 oz/ac to carrots preand post-emergence. The main assessments reported in this paper are crop yield and persistence of herbicide residues. In the fifth experiment, these herbicides were applied twice each year at about double the above these to plots kept as far as possible free from all vegetation. MCPA did not affect the yield of barley and disappeared from the soil within 2–3 weeks of each application. In the uncropped plots, the time for the applied dose (3 lb/ac) to reach the limit of detection was reduced from 3 weeks in 1964 (after three previous applications) to 4 days in 1968 (after ten previous applications). Tri-allate did not affect the yield of barley. Soil residues could be detected for 5–6 months following each dose of 24 oz/ac. When applied at 48 oz/ac twice yearly, a residue persisted but with no progressive build-up during the 6-year period. Agreement between bioassay and CLC methods of determining residues varied from good to a factor of 4, with CLC usually, but not always, providing a higher figure. No residues of pre-allate could be detected in the barley straw or grain. Simazine did not influence the yield of maize during 1963–67. In 1968 there was a significant reduction in yield of foliage and stems but not in grain yield. Simazine applied to maize disappeared from the soil rapidly during the first 6 weeks; after this period 20–25% of the applied dose could be recovered. The remaining residues declined slowly and 1–2 oz/ac could be detected 23–50 weeks after application. No residues were found below the 0–2 in. soil level. When 48 oz/ac was applied twice annually a residue persisted varying from 8 to 27 oz/ac/6 in. There was no accumulation from year to year and no evidence that repeated treatment influenced breakdown rate. Most of the simazine remained in the 0–2 in. soil level. In three out of four determinations there was good agreement between CLC and bioassay results. Linuron reduced the yield and % dry matter content of carrot roots in 1965 and 1966 probably because of exceptional short-term phytotoxicity, otherwise there was no effect. Half the applied dose of 8–16 oz/ac disappeared from the soil within 8 weeks and residues were undetectable after 6 months. The residues in the uncropped plots did not fall below 11 oz/ac. Most remained in the 0–2 in. layer of soil but some herbicide was found in the 2–4 and possibly 4–6 in. layers. Progressive build-up of residues did not occur and repeated treatment did not influence breakdown rate. No linuron could be detected in carrot roots in 1965; in 1966, following an abnormally late application, 05 ppm was found. Chemical analyses of soil samples taken at regular intervals during 1964–67 showed that no major changes had been caused by the herbicide treatments in the levels of available potassium, nitrate nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen, available phosphorus or in pH. Information is presented on the variation in the deposit on the soil surface of applied herbicides immediately after spraying, also on subsequent distribution in the soil. It is concluded that this work provides an encouraging contribution to the evidence that these four herbicides, when used at the recommended rates, are unlikely to have any injurious effect on the capacity of soil to produce healthy crops. Six armies d'expériences au champ pour étudier les effets & long terme d'applieations répétiés de MCPA, tri-allate, simazine et linuron Résumé. Dans cinq expériences de longue durée effectuées en plein champ depuis 1963, chacun des quatre herbicides fut appliqué sur des parcelles, soit replantées chaque année avec la mème culture, soit non cultivées. Les traitements suivants furent appliqués chaque année: du MCPA à 1,680 kg/ha sur de I'orge au stade 5 feuilles; du tri-allate à 1,680 kg/ha en pré -levée sur de I'orge; de Ia simazine à 1,680 kg/ha en pre-levee sur du mais; du linuron à 0,840 et 1,680 kg/ha sur des carottes en pre-levee et en post-levée. Les principaux résultats mentionnés dans cette publication concernent les rendements et la persistance des résidus herbicides. Dans la cinquiéme expéerience, les herbicides ont été appliqués deux fois chaque année, à des doses approximativement doubles de celles indiquées ci-dessus, sur des parcelles maintenues autant que possible sans végétation. Le MCPA n'affecta pas le rendement de l'orge et disparut du sol dans les 2 à 3 semaines qui suivirent chaque application. Dans les parcelles non cultivées, le temps pour que la dose appliquée (3,3 kg/ha) décroisse jusqu à la limite de detection fut réduit de 3 semaines en 1964 (aprés trois traitements) à 4 jours en 1968 (aprées dix traitements). Le tri-allate n'afFecta pas le rendement de l'orge. Les résidus dans le sol purent étre détectés durant les 5 à 6 mois qui suivirent chaque traitement à la dose de 1,680 kg/ha. Quand ce produit fut appliqué 2 fois par an à 3,360 kg/ha, un résidu persista, mais sans qu'il en resulte une accumulation progressive, durant les 6 années de l'expérience. Entre les essais biologiques et les méethodes chimiques de détermination des résidus, la concordance fut tantôt bonne, tantôt correspondant à un coefficient 4, les méthodes chimiques fournissant généralement, mais pas toujours, des ehiffres plus élevés. Aucun résidu de tri-allate ne put être décelé dans la parcelle ou les grains de l'orge. La simazine n'influenca pas la production du mais durant la péeriode de 1963 à 1967. En 1968. il y cut une réduction significative de la production de tiges et de feuilles, mais non de la production de grain. La simazine appliquée sur le mais disparut du sol rapidement durant les six premiéres semaines; aprés cette période 20 à 25% de la dose appliquee pouvaient être retrouvês. Les résidus restants diminuérent lentement et 70 à 140 g/ha purent être de'celes 23 à 50 semaines apres l'application. II ne fut pas trouvé de résidus au-dessous de la couche située entre 0 et 5 cm à partir de la surface du sol. Aprfes les traitements à 3,360 kg/ha, appliqués deux fois par an, un résidu persistant, variant de 0,560 kg/ha à 1,890 kg/ha sur une profondeur de 15 centimétres. 11 n'eut pas d'accumulation d'une année à l'autre et pas d'indice de modification du taux de degradation resultant de la repetition des traitements. La plus grande partie de la simazine resta localisee entre 0 et 5 cm au-dessous de la surface du sol. Dans trois essais sur quatre, il y cut une bonne concordance entre les dosages chimiques et les dosages biologiques. Le linuron réduisit le rendement et le pourcentage de matére séche des racines de carottes en 1965 et 1966, probablement en raison d'une exceptionnelle phytotoxicitéà court terme. Les autres années, il n'y eut pas d'effet. La moitié de la dose appliqué e (dc 0,560 kg/ha 1,12 kg/ha) disparut du sol durant les 8 premieres semaines et il ne fut plus possible de detecter des résidus apres 6 mois. Les résidus dans les parcelles non cultivées ne descendirent pas en-dessous de 0,770 kg/ha. La plus grande partie restait entre 0 et 5 cm au-dessous de la surface du sol, maia des traces d'herbicide furent retrouvees dans la couche 5 à 10 cm et peut-être dans la couche 10 à 20 cm. II n'y et pas d'augnientation progressive des résidus et la répétition des traitements ne modifia pas le taux de dégradation. II ne fut pas décelé de linuron dans les racines de carottes en 1965; en 1966; à la suite d'une application anormalement tardive, il en fut trouvé 0,5 ppm. Des analyses chimiques d'échantillons de sols préieves à intervalles réguliers entre 1964 et 1967 montrirént que les traitements herbicides n'avaient pas provoqué de changements importants dans les taux de potassium utilisable, d'azote nitrique ou ammoniacal, de phosphore utilisable; le pH ne fut pas non plus affecté. Des informations sont présentées, eoncernant la variation du depot en surface des herbicides appliqués, immédiatement aprés le traitement, et aussi sur la distribution qui en résulta dans le sol. En conclusion, ce travail apporte une contribution encourageante à la preuve que ces quatre herbicides, quand ils sont utilisés aux doses recommandées, n'ont trés probablement pas d'effet nuisible sur la capacié du sol à produire des récoltes saines. Feldversuche zur Untersuchung der langfristigen Auswirkung wiederholter Applikationen von MCPA, Triallat, Simazin und Linuron. Bericht nach sechs Versuchsjahren Zusammenfassung. In fünf 1963 angelegten langfristigen Feldversuehen wurden vier Herbizide jeweils auf Flächen mit permanenter Monokultur und auf Brachflächen ausgebracht. Foigende Behandlungen erfolgten jährlich: 1,68 kg/ha MCPA zu Gerste im 5-Blattstadium, Vorauflaufbehandlung mit 1,68 kg/ha Triallat 2u Gerste, Vorauf-laufbehandlung mit 1,68 kg/ha Simazin zu Mais, Vorund Nachaufiaufbehandlung mit 0–84 bis 1,68 kg/ha Linuron zu Mohren. Die in dieser Arbeit berichteten Aus-wertungen beziehen sich vorwiegend auf den Ertrag und die Persistenz der Herbizid- Rückstände. Im fünften Versuch wurden die Herbizide zweimal jährlich in ungefähr doppelter Aufwandmenge auf weitgehend vegetationslosen Fläehen angewandt. MCPA beeinflusste den Ertrag von Gerste nicht und verschwand aus dem Boden innerhalb von zwei bis drei Wochen nach jeder Behandlung. Auf den Brachflachen war die Zeit des Abbaus bis zur Nachweisgrenze der ausgebrachten Menge (3,36 kg/ha) von drei Wochen im Jahr 1964 (nach drei vorausgegangenen Applikationen) auf vier Tage im Jahr 1968 (nach zehn vorausgegangenen Applikationen) zurückgegangen. Triallat beeinflusste den Ertrag von Gerste nicht. Rückstände im Boden waren fünf bis sechs Monate lang nach jeder Applikation von 1,68 kg/ha festzustellen. Wurden 3,36 kg/ha zweimal jährlich ausgebracht, so war eine permanente Ruckstandsmenge, jedoch keine Akkumulation im Verlaufe der sechs Versuchsjahre festzustellen. Die Oberein-stimmung zwischen Biotest und GLG-Methode zur Riickstandsbestimmung variiertc von gut bis zu einem Faktor vier, wobei mit GLG gewohnlich, jedoch nicht iminer, ein höherer Wert ermittelt wurde. Keine Triallat-Ruckstande waren in Stroh und Korn von Gerste nachzuweisen. Simazin beeinflusste den Ertrag von Mais in der Versuchszeit von 1963 bis 1967 nicht. 1968 war eine signifikante Ertragsminderung bei Blatt und Stengel, nicht jedoch beim Korn, eingetreten. Simazin verschwand in den Maisparzellen innerhalb der ersten sechs Wochen rasch aus dem Boden; danach konnten noch 20 bis 25% der ursprunglich ausgebrachten Menge wiedergefunden werden. Die verbliebenen Rückstandsmengen verschwanden nur langsam und 0,07 bis 0,14 kg/ha konnten noch 23 bis 50 Wochen nach der Behandlung nachgewiesen werden. Keine Ruckstande waren unterhalb 5 cm Bodentiefe festzustellen. Wurden 3,36 kg/ha zweimal jährlich ausgebracht, so war eine permanente Ruckstandsmenge von 0,56 bis 1,89 kg/ha ca. 15 cm vorhanden. Es konnte jedoch keine Akkumulation und kein durch die wiederholte Behandlung bedingter beschleunigter Abbau beobachtet werden. Das Simazin blieb vorwiegend in den obersten 5 cm des Bodens. In drei von vier Analysen war die Üereinstimmung zwischen Biotest und GLG-Methode gut. Linuron beeinträchtigte 1965 und 1966 Ertrag und % Trockengewicht der Möhren-wurzeln vermutlich wegen einer aussergewohnlichen, kurzfristigen, phytotoxischcn Wirkung des Mittels. Sonst war keine Beeinflussung der Möhren zu beobachten. Die Hälfte der ausgebrachten Menge von 0,56 bis 1,12 kg/ha verschwand aus dem Boden innerhalb von acht Wochen und nach sechs Monaten waren keine Rückstande mehr festzustellen. Die Ruckstande auf Brachflachen fielen nicht unterhalb 0,77 kg/ha. Linuron verblieb weitgehend in den obersten 5 cm des Bodens, doch war eine gewisse Menge auch in 5 bis 10 cm und möglicherweise auch in 10 bis 15 cm Bodentiefe nachzuweisen. Akkumulation trat ebensowenig auf wie beschleunigter Abbau nach wieder-holter Anwendung. 1965 waren keine Linuron-Rückstände in Mohrenunrzeln nachzuweisen; 1966 wurde nach einer anomal spaten Applikation eine Ruckstandsmenge von 0,5 ppm gefunden. Die chemische Analyse von Bodenproben, die von 1964 bis 1967 in regelmassigen Abstanden gezogen wurden, ergab keine grosseren herbizidbedingten Veranderungen im pH sowie im Gehalt an veräugbarem Kalium, Nitratund Ammonium-Stickstoff sowie Phosphor. Es werden weiterhin Informationen gegeben über die Variation der Herbizidmengen auf der Bodenoberfläche unmittelbar nach der Behandlung und über die anschliessende Verteilung der Herbizide im Boden. Es wird gefolgert, dass diese Arbeit einen ermutigenden Beitrag zu der Tatsache darstellt, dass diese vier Herbizide in praxisüblichen Auiwandmengen kaum negative Auswirkungen auf die Bodenfruchtbarkeit haben.