Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-fscjk Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-23T00:23:18.215Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Studies on Nitralin Residues in Soils

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

C. H. Miller
Affiliation:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607
T. J. Monaco
Affiliation:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607
T. J. Sheets
Affiliation:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607

Abstract

Experiments involving the application of nitralin [4-(methylsulfonyl)-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropylaniline] at 0.56, 1.12, or 1.68 kg/ha on each of three successive plantings of pickling cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L. ‘Explorer’) were conducted during a 2-yr period. Residues of nitralin in soil increased with rate and number of applications. Nitralin residues accumulated to higher concentrations in a soil with 2.9% organic matter than in a soil with 0.7% organic matter. However, cucumber plants were injured less in the soil with the highest concentrations of herbicide. Oats (Avena sativa L. ‘Carolee’) planted following cucumbers were injured by nitralin residues resulting from the highest application rates. Bioassays and chemical analyses suggested that no appreciable soil residues of nitralin remained during the succeeding year.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1976 by the Weed Science Society of America 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Literature Cited

1. Anderson, W.P., Richards, A.B., and Whitworth, J.W. 1968. Leaching of trifluralin, benefin, and nitralin in columns. Weed Sci. 16:165169.Google Scholar
2. Burnside, O.C. 1972. Tolerance of soybean cultivars to weed competition and herbicide. Weed Sci. 20:294297.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
3. Miller, J.H., Keeley, P.E., Carter, C.H., and Thullen, R.J. 1975. Soil persistence of trifluralin, benefin, and nitralin. Weed Sci. 23:211214.Google Scholar
4. Orr, J.E., Talbert, R.E., and Frans, R.E. 1969. The effect of incorporation procedures on nitralin activity. Proc. S. Weed Sci. Soc. 22: 42.Google Scholar
5. Palmer, R.D., Reeves, B.G., and Merkle, M.G. 1968. Fall application of trifluralin and nitralin for cotton and soil residues. Proc. S. Weed Sci. Soc. 21:6774.Google Scholar
6. Palmer, R.D., Reeves, B.G., and Merkle, M.G., 1969. Nitralin and trifluralin use in cotton and soil residues. Proc. S. Weed Sci. Soc. 22:4450.Google Scholar
7. Savage, K.E. 1972. Persistence of atrazine, butylate, fluometuron, linuron, and nitralin in 15 SE soils. Proc. S. Weed Sci. Soc. 25:426.Google Scholar
8. Savage, K.E. 1973. Nitralin and trifluralin persistence in soil. Weed Sci. 21:285288.Google Scholar
9. Talbert, R.E. and Kennedy, J.M. 1972. Effect of activated carbon on fluometuron, nitralin and trifluralin activity in soil. Proc. S. Weed Sci. Soc. 25:394402.Google Scholar