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DOI: | 10.1007/BF01420229 |
Web URL(s): | https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2FBF01420229.pdf Last checked: 07/10/2014 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Voos, G.;
Groffman, P. M. |
Author Affiliation: | Voos: Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI; Groffman: Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY |
Title: | Relationships between microbial biomass and dissipation of 2,4-D and dicamba in soil |
Source: | Biology and Fertility of Soils. Vol. 24, No. 1, January 1997, p. 106-110. |
Publishing Information: | Berlin: Springer |
# of Pages: | 5 |
Related Web URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01420229 Last checked: 10/06/2017 Notes: Abstract only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Soil microorganisms; Biomass; Herbicide degradation; 2,4-D; Dicamba; Organic matter
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Abstract/Contents: | "A study was conducted to evaluate relationships between microbial biomass and the dissipation of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid) and dicamba (2-methoxy-3,6-dichlorobenzoic acid) in soil. We hypothesized that the size of the microbial biomass should be a strong predictor of the pesticide degradation capacity of a particular soil. Soils with a high microbial biomass should have relatively high levels of general microbial activity and should support a diversity of degradation pathways. In this study we quantified the degradation of 2,4-D and dicamba in a range of soils with different concentrations of microbial biomass. The herbicides 2,4-D and dicamba were added to similar soils collected from five different land use types (home lawn, cornfield, upland hardwood forest, wetland forest, and aquifer marerial) and incubated for 80 days under laboratory conditions. Herbicide residue and microbial biomass (C and N) analyses were performed 5, 10, 20, 40, and 80 days following herbicide application. Microbial biomass-C and -N and soil organic matter content were positively correlated with dissipation of 2,4-D and dicamba. The results suggest that there are relationships between the size of the soil microbial biomass and the herbicide degradation capacity of an ecosystem. These relationships may be useful for developing approaches for evaluating and predicting the fate of pesticides in different ecosystems." |
Language: | English |
References: | 34 |
See Also: | Other items relating to: 2, 4 - D in Turf |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Voos, G., and P. M. Groffman. 1997. Relationships between microbial biomass and dissipation of 2,4-D and dicamba in soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 24(1):p. 106-110. |
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