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Persistence of Fluridone in Five Georgia Soils

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Jill Schroeder
Affiliation:
Agron. Dep., Univ. Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
Philip A. Banks
Affiliation:
Agron. Dep., Univ. Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

Abstract

Field research was conducted in 1982 and 1983 to characterize the persistence of fluridone {1-methyl-3-phenyl-5-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4(1H)pyridinone} in five Georgia soils. Fluridone persisted less than 365 days in all soils, with shorter persistence upon reapplication in 1983 which indicated the potential for enhanced microbial degradation. A significantly higher rate of loss in 1983 compared to 1982 was recorded in the Greenville sandy clay and Dothan loamy sand soils. A higher rate of loss was recorded for the 1.7 kg ai/ha than the 0.6 kg/ha treatment in the Bradson clay loam and Rome gravelly clay loam soils. No grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. ‘BR 64’) injury was observed in a field bio assay planted in the spring of 1984. Herbicide leaching did not appear to be an important method of loss.

Type
Soil, Air, and Water
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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