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Effects of Tillage and Rainfall on Atrazine Residue Levels in Soil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Allan R. Isensee  and
Ali M. Sadeghi
Allan R. Isensee
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Environ. Chem. Lab., Bldg. 050, Beltsville, MD 20705
Ali M. Sadeghi
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Environ. Chem. Lab., Bldg. 050, Beltsville, MD 20705
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Abstract

A field study was conducted in 1987 to 1991 to determine the effect of tillage and rainfall on distribution of atrazine in soil. Soil samples (10-cm increments to 50 cm) and crop residue samples were taken at regular intervals after application each year and analyzed for atrazine. Crop residue and living vegetation on no-till plots intercepted 60 to 70% of the applied atrazine; 3 to 16% of the atrazine remained in crop residue 1 to 2 wk later. The amount of atrazine recovered in soil, 1 to 2 wk posttreatment, ranged from 22 to 59 and 47 to 73% of the amount applied for no-till and conventional till, respectively. An average of 2.6 times more atrazine was recovered in the surface 10 cm of soil under conventional till than under no-till for all samplings and years. Total amounts of atrazine in the sampled profile (0- to 50-cm depth) were also generally lower under no-till than conventional till. More leaching below 10 cm occurred under no-till than conventional till, particularly in 1988 and 1990 when rain fell soon after application. Variation in soil atrazine levels among years was related to timing and amount of the first and subsequent rainfall after application.

Keywords

Atrazine, 6-chloro-N-ethyl-N′-(1-methylethyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamineNo-tillconventional tilldegradationdissipationhalf-life
Type
Soil, Air, and Water
Information
Weed Science , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , September 1994 , pp. 462 - 467
Copyright
Copyright © 1994 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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