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Adsorption, Mobility, and Efficacy of Alachlor and Metolachlor as Influenced by Soil Properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

C. John Peter  and
Jerome B. Weber
C. John Peter
Affiliation:
E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, DE 19898
Jerome B. Weber
Affiliation:
E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, DE 19898
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Abstract

Alachlor [2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)-N-(methoxymethyl)acetamide] and metolachlor [2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamide] adsorption was positively correlated with soil organic-matter content, clay content, and surface area as measured by ethylene glycol monoethyl ether (EGME) or benzyl ethyl ether (BEE) and inversely correlated with herbicidal activity. Alachlor was adsorbed in slightly greater amounts by soil than metolachlor. Metolachlor had slightly greater bioactivity than alachlor on grass weeds, but the herbicides had similar activity on broadleaf weeds. Slightly greater amounts of metolachlor than alachlor were leached through a Norfolk soil and slightly greater amounts of alachlor were retained in the upper soil zones, compared with metolachlor.

Keywords

Degradationleachingsurface area
Type
Soil, Air, and Water
Information
Weed Science , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , November 1985 , pp. 874 - 881
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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