Hostname: page-component-7b7567c8c-lpg2g Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-15T21:58:27.781Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Interactions of Herbicides with Water-Soluble Soil Organic Matter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Karrie L. Pennington,
Sidney S. Harper and
William C. Koskinen
Karrie L. Pennington
Affiliation:
USDA, ARS, Southern Weed Sci. Lab., P.O. Box 350, Stoneville, MS 38776
Sidney S. Harper
Affiliation:
USDA, ARS, Southern Weed Sci. Lab., P.O. Box 350, Stoneville, MS 38776
William C. Koskinen
Affiliation:
USDA, ARS, Soil and Water Res. Unit St. Paul, MN 55108
Get accessRights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Interactions of water-soluble soil organic matter (WSSOM) with the herbicides bromacil, metribuzin, alachlor, diquat, and paraquat were examined to determine if these interactions can improve predictions of herbicide leaching potential. A high-performance liquid chromatography gel filtration column was used to separate WSSOM extracts from four mineral agricultural soils into fractions with approximate log molecular weights of 4.96 to 6.82. WSSOM fractions were predominantly anionic in nature with some hydrophobic character. The amount of paraquat bound by WSSOM ranged from 1.1 to 2.1 mmol g−1DOC−1 with KDOC (partition coefficient for dissolved organic carbon) values from 0.050 to 0.187 L kg−1. Diquat was bound at 0.9 to 1.5 mmol g−1DOC−1 by the extracts with KDOC values from 0.044 to 0.143 L kg−1. Bromacil, metribuzin, and alachlor did not bind to the extracts tested. WSSOM did not increase paraquat solubility in the presence of soil. Binding of these herbicides to WSSOM in the soils used in this study would not be a significant mechanism for increased mobility and groundwater contamination potential.

Keywords

Bromacil, 5-bromo-6-methyl-3-(1-methylpropyl)-2,4(1H,3H)pyrimidinedionemetribuzin, 4-amino-6-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-(methylthio)-1,2,4-triazin-5(4H)-onealachlor, 2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)-N-(methoxymethyl)-acetamidediquat, 6,7-dihydrodipyrido[1,2-α:2′,1′-c] pyrazinediium ionparaquat, 1,1′-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridinium ionBromacilmetribuzinalachlordiquatparaquatgroundwatertransportsorption

Information

Type
Soil, Air, and Water
Information
Weed Science , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , December 1991, pp. 667 - 672
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 by the Weed Science Society of America 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Literature Cited

1. Baham, J. and Sposito, G. 1983. Chemistry of water-soluble metalcomplexing ligands extracted from an anerobically-digested sewage sludge. J. Environ. Qual. 12:96–100.Google Scholar
2. Bailey, G. W. and White, J. L. 1964. Soil pesticide relationships, review of adsorption and desorption of organic pesticides by soil colloids with implications concerning pesticide bioactivity. J. Agric. Food Chem. 12:324–333.Google Scholar
3. Ballard, T. M. 1971. Role of humic carrier substances in DDT movement through forest soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 35:145–147.Google Scholar
4. Burns, I. G., Hayes, M.H.B., and Stacey, M. 1973. Some physicochemical interactions of paraquat with soil organic materials and model compounds, II. Adsorption and desorption equilibria in aqueous suspensions. Weed Res. 13:79–90.Google Scholar
5. Burns, I. G., Hayes, M.H.B., and Stacey, M. 1973. Studies of the adsorption of paraquat on soluble humic fractions by gel filtration and ultrafiltration techniques. Pestic. Sci. 4:629–641.Google Scholar
6. Carter, C. W. and Suffet, I. H. 1982. Binding of DDT to dissolved humic materials. Environ. Sci. Technol. 16:735–740.Google Scholar
7. Chiou, C. T., Peters, L. J., and Freed, V. H. 1979. A physical concept of soil-water equilibria for nonionic organic compounds. Science 206:831–832.Google Scholar
8. Chiou, C. T., Porter, P. E., and Schmeddling, D. W. 1983. Partition equilibria of nonionic organic compounds between soil organic matter and water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 17:227–231.Google Scholar
9. Chiou, C. T., Malcolm, R. L., Brinton, T. I., and Kile, D. E. 1986. Water solubility enhancement of some organic pollutants and pesticides by dissolved humic and fulvic acids. Environ. Sci. Technol. 20:502–508.Google Scholar
10. Clay, S. A., Allmaras, R. R., Koskinen, W. C., and Wyse, D. L. 1988. Desorption of atrazine and cyanazine from soil. J. Environ. Qual. 17:719–723.Google Scholar
11. Cohen, S. Z., Creeger, S. M., Carsel, R. F., and Enfield, C. G. 1984. Potential pesticide contamination of groundwater from agricultural uses. Pages 297–325 in Krueger, R. F. and Seiber, J. N., eds. Treatment and Disposal of Pesticide Wastes. ACS Symp. Ser. No. 259. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC.Google Scholar
12. Cohen, S. Z., Eiden, C., and Lorber, M. N. 1986. Monitoring ground water for pesticides. Pages 170–196 in Garner, W. Y., Honeycutt, R. C., and Nigg, H. N., eds. Evaluation of Pesticides in Ground Water. ACS Symp. Ser. No. 315. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC.Google Scholar
13. Collins, M. R., Amy, G. L., and Steelink, C. 1986. Molecular weight distribution, carboxylic acidity, and humic substances content of aquatic organic matter: implication for removal during water treatment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 20:1028–1032.Google Scholar
14. De Haan, H., Jones, R. I., and Salonen, K. 1987. Does ionic strength affect the configuration of aquatic humic substances, as indicated by gel filtration? Freshwater Biol. 17:453–459.Google Scholar
15. Gardner, W. S. and Landrum, P. F. 1983. Characterization of ambient levels of ultraviolet-absorbing dissolved humic materials in natural water by aqueous liquid chromatography. Pages 203–217 in Christman, R. R. and Glessing, E. T., eds. Aquatic and Terrestrial Humic Materials. Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, MI.Google Scholar
16. Gjessing, E. and Lee, G. F. 1967. Fractionation of organic matter in natural waters on Sephadex columns. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1:631–638.Google Scholar
17. Hayes, M.H.B. 1970. Adsorption of triazine herbicides on soil organic matter, including a short review on soil organic matter chemistry. Residue Rev. 32:131–174.Google Scholar
18. Hummel, J. P. and Dreyer, W. J. 1967. Measurement of protein-binding phenomena by gel filtration. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 63:530–532.Google Scholar
19. Jury, W. A., Elabd, H., and Resketo, M. 1968. Field study of napropamide movement through unsaturated soil. Water Resour. Res. 22:749–755.Google Scholar
20. Kahn, S. U. 1973. Interaction of humic substances with bipyridylium herbicides. Can. J. Soil Sci. 53:199–204.Google Scholar
21. Karickhoff, S. W. 1981. Semi-empirical estimation of sorption of hydrophobic pollutants on natural sediments and soils. Chemosphere 10:833–846.Google Scholar
22. Koskinen, W. C. and Cheng, H. H. 1983. Effects of experimental variables on 2,4,5-T adsorption-desorption in soil. J. Environ. Qual. 12:325–330.Google Scholar
23. Madhun, Y. A., Young, J. C., and Freed, V. H. 1986. Binding of herbicides by water-soluble organic matter from soil. J. Environ. Qual. 15:64–68.Google Scholar
24. Narine, D. R. and Guy, R. D. 1982. Binding of diquat and paraquat humic acid in aquatic environments. Soil Sci. 133:356–362.Google Scholar
25. Ogner, G. and Schnitzer, M. 1970. The occurrence of alkanes in fulvic acid, a soil humic fraction. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 34:921–928.Google Scholar
26. Poirrier, M. A., Bordelon, B. R., and Laseter, J. C. 1972. Adsorption and concentration of dissolved carbon-14 DDT by coloring colloids in surface water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 6:1033–1035.Google Scholar
27. Pye, V., Patrick, R., and Quarles, J. 1983. Ground water contamination in the United States. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. 315 pp.Google Scholar
28. Stevenson, F. J. 1972. Organic matter reactions involving herbicides in soil. J. Environ. Qual. 1:333–343.Google Scholar
29. Stevenson, F. J. 1982. Reactive functional groups of humic substances. Pages 221–243 in Stevenson, F. J., ed. Humus Chemistry. John Wiley and Sons, New York.Google Scholar
30. Swann, R. L., Laskowski, D. A., McCall, P. J., Vander Kuy, K., and Dishburger, H. J. 1983. A rapid method for the estimation of the environmental parameters octanol/water partition coefficient, soil sorption constant, water to air ratio, and water solubility. Residue Rev. 85:17–28.Google Scholar
31. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 1977. Waste disposal practices and their effects on groundwater. Report to Congress, Washington, DC. USEPA, Washington, DC.Google Scholar
32. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 1978. Surface impoundments and their effects on groundwater quality in the U.S. – A preliminary survey. EPA/9-78-004. USEPA, Washington, DC.Google Scholar
33. Wershaw, R. L., Burcar, P. J., and Goldberg, M. C. 1969. Interaction of pesticides with natural organic material. Environ. Sci. Technol. 3:271–273.Google Scholar