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The Disappearance of Trifluralin from Field Soils

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

S. J. Parka
Affiliation:
Eli Lilly and Company, Greenfield Laboratories, Greenfield, Indiana
J. B. Tepe
Affiliation:
Eli Lilly and Company, Greenfield Laboratories, Greenfield, Indiana

Abstract

Soil samples were collected from 107 locations following the commercial application of α,α,α-trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-p-toluidine (trifluralin) for 1, 2, 3, or 4 consecutive years. Analyses of soil samples indicated that trifluralin does not accumulate with repeated annual application and that a steady and continuous decline in the level of trifluralin present in the soil occurred with time.

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

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