PERSISTENCE OF ATRAZINE AND OCCURRENCE OF ITS PRIMARY METABOLITES IN 3 SOILS

Authors
QIAO XW MA LP HUMMEL HE
Citation
Xw. Qiao et al., PERSISTENCE OF ATRAZINE AND OCCURRENCE OF ITS PRIMARY METABOLITES IN 3 SOILS, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 44(9), 1996, pp. 2846-2848
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology",Agriculture,"Chemistry Applied
Journal title
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218561
Volume
44
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2846 - 2848
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8561(1996)44:9<2846:POAAOO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Atrazine loro-4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)-s-triazine) degradatio n in various soils under laboratory conditions was studied. Atrazine w as depleted mostly through microbial degradation in alkaline soil and was degraded in acidic soil mainly through chemical transformation or both chemical and microbial transformation. The microbial degradations of atrazine produced desethylatrazine and desisopropylatrazine as pri mary metabolites, while chemical degradation of atrazine yielded hydro xatrazine. Atrazine decreased 3-4 times faster in soils at 25 degrees C than at 10 degrees C.