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Effect of Adjuvant on Pendimethalin and dimethenamid-P Behaviour in Soil

Effect of Adjuvant on Pendimethalin and dimethenamid-P Behaviour in Soil

Martin Kočárek, Radka Kodešová, Umrbek Sharipov, Miroslav Jursík

J Hazard Mater. 2018 Jul 15;354:266-274.

PMID: 29775953

Abstract:

Adjuvants are used to improve pesticides' performance. It is expected that adjuvants should increase sorption and persistence, as well as decrease mobility of pesticides in soils. Impact of the "Grounded" brand adjuvant on the behaviour of two herbicides, pendimethalin and dimethenamid-P, was investigated in a Haplic Chernozem. Both herbicides were tested in a laboratory batch sorption experiment with and without adjuvant. The sorption experiment showed that adjuvant negligibly increased dimethenamid-P sorption (KF = 2.12 and 2.15 cm3/n μg1 - 1/n g-1) but significantly increased pendimethalin sorption (KF = 270.1 and 3096.4 cm3/n μg1 - 1/n g-1). In field conditions, both herbicides were retained mainly in the topsoil layer (0-5 cm). The pendimethalin dissipation half-lives were similar for all treatments (ranging from 43.0 to 44.6 days) and were not influenced by either irrigation (p = 0.86) or adjuvant (p = 0.9). The dimethenamid-P dissipation half-lives ranged from 8.8 days for irrigated treatment without adjuvant to 12.9 days for non-irrigated treatment with adjuvant. Dimethenamid-P dissipation half-life in treatments with adjuvant was significantly longer (p = 0.049) than was half-life in a treatment without adjuvant. Significantly longer dissipation half-life was observed also in non-irrigated treatments than in irrigated treatments (p = 0.044).

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP163515148	Dimethenamide-P		163515-14-8	Price

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