Journal article
Mineralization and Uptake of Triazine Pesticide in Soil-Plant Systems
Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol.119(5), pp.842-854
09/1993
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1993)119:5(842)
Abstract
Deep-rooted trees planted as a buffer zone can intercept runoff and eroded sediments, thus reducing non-point-source pollution due to agricultural chemicals. In this study, Populus sp. were grown in bioreactors with an agricultural soil (silt-loam) and in a silica-sand media; both were spiked with 14C uniformly ring-labeled atrazine. The plants took up over 11% of the 14C labeled atrazine applied to the silt-loam soil and over 91% of that applied to the silica sand media, with the majority of the 14C accumulating as nonphytotoxic metabolites in the leaves. Research suggests that, in addition to nutrient uptake, poplar tree buffer strips may be effective in removing atrazine from agricultural percolation and runoff water.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Mineralization and Uptake of Triazine Pesticide in Soil-Plant Systems
- Creators
- Dhileepan R Nair - Postdoc. Assoc., Dept. of Civ. and Envir. Engrg., Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242Joel G Burken - Masters Student, Dept. of Civ. and Envir. Engrg., Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IALouis A Licht - Assoc. Res., Dept. of Civ. and Envir. Engrg., Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IAJerald L Schnoor - Prof., Dept. of Civ. and Envir. Engrg., Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol.119(5), pp.842-854
- Publisher
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- DOI
- 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1993)119:5(842)
- ISSN
- 0733-9372
- eISSN
- 1943-7870
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/1993
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9983997967302771
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