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Herbicide dynamics in the Bogue Phalia watershed in the Yazoo River basin of Mississippi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

David R. Shaw ,
Stephen M. Schraer ,
Joby Prince  and
Michele Boyette
Stephen M. Schraer
Affiliation:
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Box 9555, Mississippi State, MS 39762
Joby Prince
Affiliation:
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Box 9555, Mississippi State, MS 39762
Michele Boyette
Affiliation:
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Box 9555, Mississippi State, MS 39762
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Abstract

A two-year surface water reconnaissance of the Bogue Phalia and its tributaries was conducted in 1997 and 1998. Cyanazine and metolachlor in surface water samples were quantified using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Cyanazine and metolachlor were detected in 101 and 132 of 160 samples, respectively. Cyanazine concentrations ranged from 0.1 to 2.2 g L−1 and exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lifetime health advisory level (HAL) of 1 g L−1 in eight samples. However, concentrations never exceeded the HAL for shorter exposure times. Metolachlor concentrations never reached the lifetime HAL of 100 g L−1. Metolachlor concentrations ranged from 0.1 to 20.6 g L−1. Metolachlor was detected more frequently and found to be more persistent throughout the growing season than was cyanazine. Higher cyanazine and metolachlor concentrations were detected at sampling dates that coincided with herbicide applications. One of the Bogue Phalia's tributaries, Clear Creek, was found to be a point-source of cyanazine for the watershed.

Keywords

Cyanazine, metolachlorSurface water qualityMississippi Deltawatershedimmunoassayenzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 54 , Issue 4 , August 2006 , pp. 807 - 813
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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