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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
Volume 127, Issue 1-3, Pages 97-103Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9263-0
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sulfosulfuron; alfisol; inceptisol; adsorption; desorption; GUS
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Adsorption of sulfosulfuron was studied in two soils (topsoil from Alfisol and Inceptisol). The adsorption of sulfosulfuron was greater in topsoil collected from Alfisol than in Inceptisol. The soil sorption coefficient K and the soil organic carbon sorption coefficient K (oc) are the basic parameters used for describing the environmental fate of the herbicides. In topsoil the calculated K values from Alfisol was 4.43 and in topsoil from Inceptisol was 2.00. K (c) values were 6.06 in topsoil from Alfisol and 3.33 in topsoil from Inceptisol. The K (oc) values were 886.36 in topsoil from Alfisol and 770.26 in topsoil from Inceptisol. Field experimental plots with no previous history of sulfosulfuron were selected and studied the degradation of sulfosulfuron in the topsoil collected from Alfisol and Inceptisol. The half-life of sulfosulfuron in topsoil from Alfisol: T (1)- 3.97 days and T (2)- 4.54 days; topsoil from Inceptisol: T (1) - 4.68 days and T (2) - 5.52 days. The degradation of sulfosulfuron followed first-order kinetics. The persistence of sulfosulfuron was found relatively longer in the Inceptisol than in Alfisol. The combination of degradation data (t (1/2) - soil) and organic carbon based sorption (K (oc)) data of herbicides have been used to assess the pesticide environmental impact in soils through Gustafson Ubiquity Score (GUS). The GUS values were found to be 0.69 in topsoil from Alfisol and 0.83 in Inceptisol.
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