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Transformation of Solan in Soil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Richard Bartha*
Affiliation:
Dep. of Biochemistry and Microbiology and the Bureau of Conservation and Environmental Science, Rutgers—The State University, New Brunswick, N. J.

Abstract

In laboratory studies, the herbicide 3'-chloro-2-methyl-p-valerotoluidide (solan) when applied to soil was transformed in part to 3,3'-dichloro-4,4'-dimethylazobenzene. The biochemically mediated transformation followed the pattern established previously for 3,4-dichloroaniline-based acylanilides, but the 3-chloro-4-methylaniline intermediate did not accumulate. Compared to 3,4-dichloroaniline-based acylanilides, solan yielded less azo residue and did not inhibit soil respiration, even if applied at 200 times the recommended field rate.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1969 Weed Science Society of America 

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