Conference paper

Appeared in: Third Congress of the European Society for Agronomy: proceedings

Editor list: Borin, M.; Sattin, M.

Publication year: 1994

Pages: 772-773

ISBN: 2-9505124-1-0

Conference: 3rd Congress of the European Society for Agronomy

Abstract: 

In trials in NE Italy on a silt soil, the effects of conventional tillage, ridge tillage and no-tillage were compared in maize given 1.8 kg metolachlor and 0.9 kg terbuthylazine/ha pre-em. for weed control. Tillage system did not affect the movement of metolachlor through the soil and only small amounts of the molecule were found below 5 cm depth. This was attributed to the low precipitation. Metolachlor persistence was lower (T₅₀ 9 d) with no-tillage than with the other tillage treatments (27-31 d). Some of the herbicide may remain on crop residues and volatilize immediately after application in the no-tillage treatment.

Harvard Citation style: Borin, M., Zanin, G., Giupponi, C., Sartori, L., Menini, C., Hummel, H., et al. (1994) Soil and water quality as affected by agrochemicals under different tillage systems: fate of metolachlor, in Borin, M. and Sattin, M. (eds.) Third Congress of the European Society for Agronomy: proceedings. Colmar: European Society of Agronomy. pp. 772-773

APA Citation style: Borin, M., Zanin, G., Giupponi, C., Sartori, L., Menini, C., Hummel, H., & Düring, R. (1994). Soil and water quality as affected by agrochemicals under different tillage systems: fate of metolachlor. In Borin, M., & Sattin, M. (Eds.), Third Congress of the European Society for Agronomy: proceedings. (pp. 772-773). European Society of Agronomy.