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Microbiological Aspects of Environmental Fate Studies of Pesticides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Horace D. Skipper ,
Arthur G. Wollum II ,
Ronald F. Turco  and
Duane C. Wolf
Horace D. Skipper
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC 29634-0359
Arthur G. Wollum II
Affiliation:
Dep. Soil Sci., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC 27695
Ronald F. Turco
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN 47907
Duane C. Wolf
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Univ. Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701
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Abstract

Surface and subsurface soils are complex biological, chemical, and physical environments and to understand the fate of pesticides in the soil environment is a formidable task. To determine the environmental fate of pesticides requires a diverse array of techniques and procedures. Microbiological approaches range from applied to basic, laboratory to field, qualitative to quantitative, and from low to high technology. In the arena of biodegradation, teams of scientists are needed to develop predictive models for the behavior of pesticides in the soil environment. From our perspectives, we have documented the existing status of the microbiology of environmental fate studies with pesticides. Verification of data from laboratory studies to the field environment is needed. On the other hand, efforts to design better field studies to assess microbial processes are essential to advance our understanding of environmental fate studies with pesticides.

Keywords

Biodegradation/microbial processesisolation mediapopulation countsrespirationmineralizationDNAmicroorganismsbacteriafungisoil sterilization procedures
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Weed Technology , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , March 1996 , pp. 174 - 190
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Copyright © 1996 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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