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- Title
Reduced downward mobility of metribuzin in fly ash-amended soils.
- Authors
Singh, Neera; Raunaq; Singh, Shashi Bala
- Abstract
Metribuzin, a triazine herbicide, is poorly sorbed in the soils, therefore leaches to lower soil profile. Fly ash amendment, which enhanced metribuzin sorption in soils, may play a significant role in reducing the downward mobility of herbicide. Therefore, the present study reports the effect of Inderprastha fly ash amendment on metribuzin leaching in three soil types. Fly ash was amended at 1, 2 and 5% levels in the upper 15 cm of 30 cm long packed soil columns. Results suggested a significant reduction in the leaching losses of metribuzin in fly ash-amended columns of all the three soil types and effect increased with increase in the level of fly ash. Even after percolating water equivalent to 362 mm rainfall no metribuzin was recovered in the leachate of 5% fly ash-amended columns. Fly ash application affected both metribuzin breakthrough time and its maximum concentration in the leachate. Further, it resulted in greater retention of metribuzin in the application zone and better effect was observed in the organic carbon poor soils.
- Publication
Journal of environmental science and health. Part. B, Pesticides, food contaminants, and agricultural wastes, 2013, Vol 48, Issue 7, p587
- ISSN
1532-4109
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/03601234.2013.774934