Agro-waste biosorbents: Effect of physico-chemical properties on atrazine and imidacloprid sorption

Low cost agro-waste biosorbents namely eucalyptus bark (EB), corn cob (CC), bamboo chips (BC), rice straw (RS) and rice husk (RH) were characterized and used to study atrazine and imidacloprid sorption. Adsorption studies suggested that biosorbents greatly varied in their pesticide sorption behaviour. The EB was the best biosorbent to sorb both atrazine and imidacloprid with K_F values of 169.9 and 85.71, respectively. The adsorption isotherm were nonlinear in nature with slope (1/n) values <1. The Freundlich constant Correlating atrazine/imidacloprid sorption parameter [K_F.(1/n)] with the physicochemical properties of the biosorbents suggested that atrazine adsorption correlated significantly to the aromaticity, polarity, surface area, fractal dimension, lacunarity and relative C-O band intensity parameters of biosorbents. Probably, both physisorption and electrostatic interactions were responsible for the pesticide sorption. The eucalyptus bark can be exploited as low cost adsorbent for the removal of these pesticides as well as a component of on-farm biopurification systems.     

Parameters affecting azoxystrobin and imidacloprid degradation in biobed substrates in the North Indian tropical environment

Abstract

This study reports degradation of azoxystrobin (AZOXY) and imidacloprid (IMIDA) in the rice straw (RS)/corn cob (CC) and peat (P)/compost (C)-based biomixtures. The effect of biomixture preconditioning (10?days incubation prior to pesticide application), pesticide concentration and moisture content was evaluated. Results suggested that conditioning of biomixture greatly affected IMIDA degradation where half-life (t_1/2) was reduced by 5–9 times. This was attributed to higher microbial biomass carbon content and dehydrogenase activity in the conditioned biomixtures. Pesticide application in the conditioned biomixture did not show any negative impact on soil microbial parameters. Both pesticides degraded at faster rate in the rice straw-based biomixtures than in the corn cob-based biomixtures. Degradation slowed down with increase in initial concentration of pesticides in biomixture and 1.6–3.0 (AZOXY) and 2.4–3.6 (IMIDA) times increase in t_1/2 values was observed. The moisture content of biomixture showed positive effect on degradation which increased when moisture content was increased from 60 to 80% water holding capacity. The effect was significant for IMIDA degradation in the corn cob-based biomixtures and AZOXY degradation in the peat biomixtures. The rice straw-based biomixtures were better in degrading AZOXY and IMIDA and can be used in biopurification systems.     

Mn/Ce复合催化剂湿式氧化降解高浓度吡虫啉农药废水的研究

通过共沉淀法制备了用于湿式氧化吡虫啉农药废水的Mn/Ce复合催化剂,利用BET比表面积测定和XRD对催化剂进行了表征,研究了焙烧温度对Mn/Ce催化剂活性及稳定性的影响,探讨了湿式催化氧化吡虫啉农药废水的适宜反应温度和氧分压.结果表明,Mn/Ce催化剂晶粒细小,晶粒尺寸小于15nm;适当降低焙烧温度,对减小催化剂晶粒、增加比表面积、提高活性有利,但会使金属溶出量增大、稳定性下降;提高反应温度,湿式催化氧化反应速率加快,而氧分压大于1.6MPa后,反应速率不受氧分压影响;使用该催化剂,在温度190℃、氧分压1.6MPa、进水pH为6.21的条件下经120min处理,COD去除率达93.1%;Mn/Ce复合催化剂对湿式氧化吡虫啉农药废水显示较好的活性和稳定性.     

Development of controlled release formulations of carbofuran and imidacloprid and their bioefficacy evaluation against aphid,Aphis gossypii and leafhopper,Amrasca biguttula biguttula Ishida on potato crop

Controlled release (CR) formulations of carbofuran and imidacloprid were prepared employing polyvinyl chloride and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and their bioefficacy was evaluated against the aphid, Aphis gossypii and leafhopper, Amrasca biguttula biguttula Ishida on potato crop. The CR formulations of carbofuran and imidacloprid provided better or equal control of the pests than commercial formulations. CMC-based formulation provided a superior control of both the pests. The Imida-CMC, which showed the lowest population of leaf hopper (10.50 leafhopper/100 cl), provided significantly superior control among all treatments after 35 days after germination (DAG). The residue of carbofuran and imidacloprid in potato tuber and soils were not detectable at the time of harvesting in any one of the formulations.     

Biodegradation of imidacloprid in liquid media by an isolated wastewater fungus Aspergillus terreus YESM3

In the present study, a new fungal strain capable of imidacloprid degradation was isolated from agricultural wastewater drain. The fungal strain of YESM3 was identified as Aspergillus terreus based on ITS1-5.8S rDNA-ITS2 gene sequence by PCR amplification of a 500 bp sequence. Screening of A. terreus YESM3 to the insecticide imidacloprid tolerance was achieved by growing fungus in Czapek Dox agar for 6 days at 28°C. High values (1.13 and 0.94 cm cm^?1) of tolerance index (TI) were recorded at 25 and 50 mg L^?1 of imidacloprid, respectively in the presence and absence of sucrose. However, at 400 mg L^?1 the fungus did not grow. Effects of the imidacloprid concentration, pH, and inoculum size on the biodegradation percentage were tested using Box–Behnken statistical design and the biodegradation was monitored by HPLC analysis at different time intervals. Box–Behnken results indicated that optimal conditions for biodegradation were at pH 4 and two fungal discs (10 mm diameter) in the presence of 61.2 mg L^?1 of imidacloprid. A. terreus YESM3 strain was capable of degrading 85% of imidacloprid 25 mg L^?1 in Czapek Dox broth medium at pH 4 and 28°C for 6 days under static conditions. In addition, after 20 days of inoculation, biodegradation recorded 96.23% of 25 mg L^?1 imidacloprid. Degradation kinetics showed that the imidacloprid followed the first order kinetics with half-life (t₅₀) of 1.532 day. Intermediate product identified as 6-chloronicotinic acid (6CNA) as one of the major metabolites during degradation of imidacloprid by using HPLC. Thus, A. terreus YESM3 showed a potential to reduce pollution by pesticides and toxicity in the effected environment. However, further studies should be conducted to understand the biodegradation mechanism of this pesticide in liquid media.     

吡虫啉光降解产物中阴离子的毛细管电泳分析

本文建立了吡虫啉光降解产物中无机阴离子的毛细管电泳分析方法,背景电解质采用铬酸钠和十四烷基三甲基溴化铵,２５４ｎｍ紫外间接检测,在选定条件下,光降解产物中各种阴离子在３ｍｉｎ内达到完全分离;     

新农药吡虫啉及其代谢产物对土壤呼吸的影响

为评价吡虫啉对土壤生态环境造成的影响,用直接吸收法测定土壤呼吸强度,比较了吡虫啉浓度为0、10、40和100μg/g及40μg/g水解、光解产物的影响.结果表明高浓度吡虫啉对土壤呼吸的抑制作用较强,水解产物对土壤呼吸的影响小于吡虫啉,10min光解产物对土壤呼吸的影响要略强于吡虫啉,但30min光解产物对土壤呼吸的影响大大降低.13d后各处理的土壤呼吸强度基本恢复.吡虫啉及其代谢产物均属于低毒或无实际危害的农药,对土壤微生物影响较小.     

吡虫啉杀虫剂对桃树叶际微生物群落结构的影响

植物地上部分(包括叶、茎、花、果等)的表面和内部存在有大最的不同类型的细菌、丝状真菌、酵母、藻类等微生物.这种植物地上部分的生境称为叶际(pyllosphere),这些在叶际生存的微生物称为叶际微生物,它们发挥着重要的生态功能.吡虫啉是一种常用的烟碱类超高效杀虫剂,为了解它对叶际微生物产生的影响,采用磷脂脂肪酸分析(P...     

Effects of temperature on sorption-desorption processes of imidacloprid in soils of Croatian coastal regions

Sorption-desorption behavior of imidacloprid in six soils collected from five coastal regions in Croatia at 20, 30 and 40°C was investigated using batch equilibrium technique. Isothermal data were applied to Freundlich, Langmuir and Temkin equations, and the thermodynamic parameters ΔH°, ΔG°, ΔS° were calculated. The sorption isotherm curves were non-linear and may be classified as L-type, suggesting a relatively high sorption capacity for imidacloprid. Our results showed that the K ^sor _F values decreased for all the tested soils as the temperature increased, indicating that the temperature strongly influences the sorption. Values of ΔG° were negative (?4.65 to ?2.00 kJ/mol) indicating that at all experimental temperatures the interactions of imidacloprid with soils were spontaneous processes. The negative and small ΔH° values (?19.79 to ?8.89 kJ/mol) were in the range of weak forces, such as H-bonds, consistent with interactions and partitioning of the imidacloprid molecules into soil organic matter. The ΔS° values followed the range of ?57.12 to ?14.51 J/molK, suggesting that imidacloprid molecules lose entropy during transition from the solution phase to soil surface. It was found that imidacloprid desorption from soil was concentration and temperature-dependent, i.e. at lower imidacloprid concentrations and temperature, lower desorption percentage occurred. Desorption studies revealed that hysteretic behavior under different temperature treatments existed, and it was more pronounced at 20°C in the soils with higher OC content. The study results emphasize the importance of thermodynamic parameters in controlling soil pesticide mobility in different geographical locations, seasons and greenhouse conditions.     

微波辅助均相催化氧化处理吡虫啉农药废水

对微波辅助均相催化氧化处理吡虫啉农药废水进行了研究,通过考察H2O2投加量、均相催化剂Fe2＋浓度、微波辐照时间及功率、废水温度、废水pH值等因素对该农药废水COD处理效果的影响,获得了最佳工艺条件：即100ml初始COD浓度为268mg／L的农药废水,H202投加量为26．52g/L,均相催化剂Fe2＋浓度为109．8mg／L,在微波功率119W,辐射时间为4min,pH为6的条件下,COD去除率可达78．51％。