Photolysis of pesticides: influence of epicuticular waxes from Persica laevis DC on the photodegradation in the solid phase of aminocarb, methiocarb and fenthion
Fm. Pirisi et al., Photolysis of pesticides: influence of epicuticular waxes from Persica laevis DC on the photodegradation in the solid phase of aminocarb, methiocarb and fenthion, PEST MAN SC, 57(6), 2001, pp. 522-526
Pesticides with N,N-dimethyl and thiomethyl moieties (aminocarb, methiocarb
and fenthion) were irradiated under artificial light (lambda > 290 nm) in
an amorphous wax phase from Persica laevis DC. The effect of the presence o
f the wax on the photolysis rate differed in the three pesticides, increasi
ng it in aminocarb, having little effect in methiocarb and slowing it down
in fenthion. The presence of the wax affected the qualitative photodegradat
ion behaviour of all the pesticides. The data obtained were compared with t
hose for pirimicarb, which had been studied earlier. (C) 2001 Society of Ch
emical Industry.