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Movement and Persistence of Picloram in Soil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

J. H. Hunter
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Dep., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
E. H. Stobbe
Affiliation:
Plant Sci. Dep., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Abstract

The movement and persistence of 4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropicolinic acid (picloram) in an Osborne clay soil was determined over a 4-year period. Picloram concentrations were determined with soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr. ‘Altona’) as the bioassay plant. Application rates ranged from 35 to 700 g/ha. Movement and dissipation of picloram were neglible under low soil moisture conditions, but under high rainfall conditions picloram was leached into the 30 to 60-cm depth. A greater percent of the picloram was leached at the higher application rates. Dissipation increased with temperature (days over 27 C) and decreased with increasing depth in the soil profile. Two applications of picloram at 70 g/ha applied in 2 successive years showed no detectable accumulation, but accumulation occurred from two applications of 350 g/ha; 32% of the activity remained after approximately 2 years.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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