Persistence of benomyl in soil

Using 14C labelled benomyl, it has been shown that rapid degradation, as indicated by decrease in radioactivity in the acetone extract, occurred within 15 days in unsterilised soil while the process was not so rapid in sterilised soil. Fusarium solani, an important soil borne pathogen, has been found to be capable of detoxifying the fungicide in soil. With rise in temperature, increase in degradation of benomyl was observed, maximum being at 35deg C. (auth.)