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Picloram Dissipation in a Small Southwestern Stream

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Thomas N. Johnsen Jr. and
William L. Warskow
Thomas N. Johnsen Jr.
Affiliation:
U.S. Dep. Agric., Sci. Ed. Admin., Agric. Res. Tucson, AZ 85719
William L. Warskow
Affiliation:
Watershed Div., Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ 85001
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Abstract

Picloram (4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropicolinic acid) injected directly into a small, central-Arizona stream was lost by normal stream flow actions, such as the mixing of fast- and slow-moving water, and the interchange of surface and subsurface water in gravel and sand beds along the stream. Picloram was injected at a concentration of 6.26 ppmw; the maximum amount detected was 2.362 ppmw at 0.4 km downstream, 0.943 ppmw at 0.8 km, 0.316 ppmw at 1.6 km, 0.014 ppmw at 3.2 km, 0.001 ppmw at 6.4 km, and none further downstream. Picloram was detected near the limits of detection (0.001 to 0.004 ppmw) 2 days after injection at the 0.4-, 0.8-, and 1.6-km sites. In photodegradation tests, sunlight decomposed 57% of the picloram in containers after 8.8 h of exposure.

Keywords

Pesticide breakdown

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Weed Science , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , September 1980, pp. 612 - 615
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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