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MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF FLURTAMONE IN THREE GEORGIA SOILS
Citation:
Mueller, T., P. Banks, AND W. Steen. MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF FLURTAMONE IN THREE GEORGIA SOILS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-91/222 (NTIS PB92101682), 1991.
Description:
Degradation of flurtamone3 in a Greenville sandy loam, a Cecil loam, and a Dothan loamy sand with 0, 1, or 2 years of previous flurtamone field use was evaluated under controlled conditions. oil sterilization by autoclaving significantly reduced flurtamone dissipation rate in all soils. nhanced degradation of flurtamone was observed in a Greenville sandy clay loam after 1 year of previous flurtamone field use and in a Cecil loam after 2 years of previous flurtamone field use. o enhancement of flurtamone degradation was observed in a Dothan loamy sand. lurtamone degradation kinetics in these studies was described as a first-order process. icrobial populations in each soil showed no major changes in total bacterial numbers due to preexposure to flurtamone in the field.