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A study of the fate of methamidophos in soil

  • 1. Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University (China)

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The persistence, degradation and mineralization of methamidophos in a cotton field soil was studied in laboratory experiments. Results show that it is easily degraded, with a half-life of only a few days. At 30 deg. C, within 3 days. less than 25% of applied radioactivity was extracted in ethyl acetate:methanol (8:2 v/v). Thin layer chromatography showed that by the 15th day all the 14C-methamidophos had disappeared although nearly 16% of the radioactivity remained in the sample. In a study of mineralization, less than 9% of the radioactivity appeared as 14CO2 within 24 days. (author)

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Impact of long term pesticide usage on soil properties using radiotracer techniques. Proceedings of a final research coordination meeting

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Impact of long term pesticide usage on soil properties using radiotracer techniques. Proceedings of a final research coordination meeting
Imprint Pagination
195 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 51-55
ISSN
1011-4289
Report number
IAEA-TECDOC--1248

Conference

Title
Final research coordination meeting on impact of long term pesticide usage on soil properties using radiotracer techniques
Dates
24-28 May 1999
Place
Hangzhou, Zhejiang (China)

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Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
33003294
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CARBON 14; COTTON PLANTS; FARMS; LAND POLLUTION; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALIZATION; PESTICIDES; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOILS; THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRACER TECHNIQUES
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPSIDA; NUCLEI; PLANTS; POLLUTION; RADIOISOTOPES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract IAEA 8079/RB
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