Simultaneous determination of fenitrothion and aminocarb in blueberry foliage and fruits: Application to the analysis of residues in field samples

Abstract

Samples of blueberry foliage and fruits were collected from spray blocks in Ontario after aerial application of fenitrothion and aminocarb at dosage rates of 210 g active ingredient (AI)/ha and 70 g AI/ha respectively. Residues were extracted from the samples by homogenizing with ethyl acetate, cleaned up by microcolumn chromatography using alumina as adsorbent, and analyzed by GLC‐AFID with a glass column packed with 1.5% OV‐17 and 1.95% OV‐210 on 80–100 mesh Chromosorb W‐HP. Average recoveries for fenitrothion and aminocarb from foliage at three fortification levels (1.0, 0.10 and 0.01 ppm) were respectively 99 and 96%. The corresponding values for the fruits were 99 and 95%. Foliage samples collected 1 h post‐spray contained on average 1.13 ppm of fe‐nitrothion and 1.14 ppm of aminocarb. However, residue levels reached below the detection limit (<0.01 ppm) in foliage collected 15 d after treatment. In addition, the fruit samples collected after 15 d post‐spray contained extremely low levels (0.03 ppm for fenitrothion and 0.02 ppm for aminocarb) of residues, and were barely above the detection limit.     

The persistence of insecticidal chemicals in soils treated with granular formulations of aldicarb and their uptake by potato plants

Abstract

Potatoes were grown in Plainfield sand and muck treated, in furrow, with aldicarb (Temik 15G, 3.36 kg Al/ha). .Soils were contained in 2 m^z field plots and had not been treated previously with pesticides. Soil, seed pieces, foliage and tubers were analyzed for the insecticide and its sulfoxide and sulfone metabolites during the 12 wk following planting. The disappearance of aldicarb from the soil was accompanied by partial conversion to the sulfoxide and sulfone. After increasing rapidly during the first 2 wk, the aldicarb concentration in the seed piece declined and a similar concentration of aldicarb sulfoxide accumulated which subsequently slowly disappeared. Aldicarb sulfoxide was the major insecticidal material in the new foliage. High initial concentrations, observed at 3–4 wk, declined by about 90% after 6 wk. Aldicarb sulfoxide residues of 2–4 ppm in the first new tubers at 6 wk declined by 90% by 12 wk. Potatoes were also grown under greenhouse conditions in Plainfield sand treated with Temik 10G at rates equivalent to 1.68, 3.36 and 6.72 kg Al/ha. Maximum aldicarb sulfoxide concentrations in soil, seed piece and foliage increased with application rate. The sulfoxide was much more persistent in the soil and foliage than in the field experiment indicating the importance of environmental factors to its behaviour in both soil and potato plants.     

The effect of multiple soil applications of disulfoton on enhanced microbial degradation in soil and subsequent uptake of insecticidal chemicals by potato plants

Abstract

Potatoes were grown during 1992 in 2 m² plots of loam which had received 1, 2 or 3 annual treatments of Di‐Syston 15G, equivalent to 3.36 kg AI/ha, in furrow at planting. The presence of enhanced degradative activity to the sulfoxide and sulfone metabolites of disulfoton in the soil treated in the previous two years was confirmed by laboratory tests prior to the 1992 treatments. Soil, seed potato and foliage from the three treatments were analyzed for disulfoton and its sulfoxide and sulfone metabolites for 12 wk following planting/treatment. Disulfoton was the major insecticidal component of the soil, a minor component of the seed piece and was not detected (<0.02 ppm) in potato foliage. Disulfoton concentrations in each of the three substrates sampled were similar for the three treatments. Disulfoton sulfoxide and sulfone were the major insecticidal components of the seed piece and foliage. Their maximum concentrations in 1st year soil, seed pieces and foliage were ca. 2x, 2x and 6x, respectively, those measured in the 2nd and 3rd year treatments. The results demonstrate that enhanced microbial degradation of relatively minor insecticidal compounds in the soil can profoundly affect insecticide levels in the plant when these compounds are the major insecticidal components accumulated. The broader implications for crop protection using soil‐applied systemic insecticides are discussed.     

外源植物激素喷施对三叶鬼针草修复镉污染土壤的影响

为了探究外源植物激素喷施对超积累植物吸收重金属的影响,以三叶鬼针草（Bidens pilosa L.）为供试植物,通过叶面喷施3种不同浓度的6-苄基腺嘌呤（6-BA）、水杨酸（SA）和24-表油菜素甾醇（24-EBR）,研究外源植物激素喷施对三叶鬼针草修复镉（Cd）污染的影响.结果表明,分别喷施适宜浓度的3种外源植物激素：①高效强化三叶鬼针草修复Cd污染土壤效果,使植株叶部Cd含量分别增加4.21%、31.79%和14.89%,使转运系数（TF）分别提高9.67%、18.83%和17.85%,使植株提取效率（PR）分别提高15.36%、32.33%和64.38%;②显著促进三叶鬼针草的生长,使植株地上部干重分别增加了37.53%、74.50%和104.02%;③显著增强三叶鬼针草的光合作用,使植株叶绿素a含量分别提高了79.31%、92.27%和51.12%,此时光化学猝灭系数（qP）分别提高11.32%、89.16%和78.43%,非光化学猝灭系数（NPQ）分别提高51.71%、241.12%和27.85%;④显著强化三叶鬼针草抗氧化能力,使得植株丙二醛（MDA）浓度分别降低了62.41%、68.67%和46.76%,使超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性分别提高了68.33%、10.28%和6.17%,过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性分别提高了31.43%、37.87%和37.31%.综上所述,Cd胁迫下喷施适宜浓度的外源6-BA、SA和24-EBR可显著提高三叶鬼针草生物量,促进重金属在植株体内富集;提升植株光合作用能力,降低重金属胁迫对植株的氧化损伤,增强抗氧化能力,提高植株对于Cd的吸收和耐受性;促进植株根部Cd向地上部转移,提高植株对重金属Cd的提取效率,高效强化植株修复效果,其中以30 mg ·L^-1 SA叶面喷施效果最佳.     

Long-term (1992-2004) record of lead, cadmium, and zinc air contamination in Warsaw, Poland: Determination by chemical analysis of moss bags and leaves of Crimean linden

Between 1992 and 2004, air contamination with lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and zinc (Zn) in Warsaw, Poland, was monitored annually with moss (Sphagnum fallax) bags on a network of 230 sites covering the entire city. During the study the highest contamination was near the Warszawa Steel Mill, northwestern Warsaw. Lead concentrations in moss bags decreased in time, while those of Cd and Zn did not show clear trends. Between 1994 and 2004, Pb, Cd, and Zn were also monitored in the Crimean linden (Tilia Euchlora) foliage along the main city avenue and in a northwestern warsaw park. Lead concentrations decreased more near the avenue than in the park, indicating that the phasing-out of leaded gasoline had a major effect on reduced Pb contamination in Warsaw. At the same time, foliar concentrations of Cd and Zn in both areas decreased much less.     

太原市叶面尘中重金属分布特征及其健康风险评价

微量金属污染普遍存在于城市环境的各个区域,了解城市痕量重金属污染现状,对污染控制和城市发展具有重要的意义.为探讨太原市叶面尘中重金属的污染水平及其对人类健康的影响,以太原市5个不同功能区冬青卫矛（Euonymus japonicus Thunb.）叶面尘为研究对象,采用ICP-MS测定了As、Cd、Cr、Pb、Zn、Cu的含量,通过地积累指数法和Hankanson潜在风险指数法对重金属的生态风险进行了评价,并采用美国EPA健康风险评价模型对重金属的儿童致癌和非致癌健康风险进行了评估.结果表明,太原市居民区冬青卫矛叶面滞尘量最高为47.18 mg·g^-1,文教区最低为11.92 mg·g^-1,其中,Cd、Cr和Zn为叶面尘的主要污染物,平均含量分别为土壤背景值的8.00、2.69和2.04倍.地积累指数和生态风险因子分析表明,Cd是叶面尘中主要的生态风险因子,其生态风险贡献率在不同功能区的叶面尘中占比为78.47%~87.19%.非致癌风险评价表明,Cr、Cd和As的风险均小于1.0,非致癌总风险值在不同功能区的叶面尘中为1.03~1.77,均超过了阈值1.0,表明对儿童健康存在一定的风险.而儿童致癌风险评价表明,Cr、Cd和As无致癌风险.Pearson相关性分析及主成分分析表明,叶面尘中重金属的来源为煤燃烧、交通排放和金属冶炼.     

专用叶面营养对叶菜的增产效果及其机理研究

采用大田试验研究专用叶面营养液对主要叶菜的增产效果;并以芥菜为供试叶菜系统研究了专用叶面营养液对叶菜的增产机理。结果表明;专用叶面营养液可明显促进芥菜对Ｎ、Ｐ、Ｋ养分的吸收,提高叶片硝酸还原酶活性、叶绿素含量及光合速率,增加产量和改善品质。专用叶面营养液分别优于这种营养液中的营养物质和生长调节剂。芥菜喷施专用叶面营养液,与对照相比,叶绿素含量、光合速率、硝酸还原酶活性分别增加２０．２％、３６％、１．２０１μｇ／（ｇ·ｈ）;平均增产２４．６％;Ｖｃ、可溶性糖分别增加８７ｍｇ／ｋｇ和１．７ｇ／ｋｇ。     

Residues of chlorpyrifos‐methyl in balsam fir foliage,forest litter,soil, stream water,sediment and fish tissue after double aerial applications of Reldan®

Abstract

Chlorpyrifos‐methyl was applied twice at 70 g A.I./ha by means of a fixed‐wing aircraft to a mixed coniferous forest near Allardville, New Brunswick. Residue in balsam fir foliage was highest (1 ppm wet wt) 1 hr after spraying and rapidly declined to about 30% within 1 day, but persisted at a very low level (0.03 ppm wet wt) for 125 days. Current year's foliage contained a higher level of residue than old foliage. Chlorpyrifos‐methyl persisted longer in forest litter than in soil. After 125 days, trace amounts (< 6 ppb wet wt) were still found in litter but were not detected in soil. In stream water the residue dissipated very rapidly; more than 90% disappeared 3 hours after the second application and were not detected after 4 days. Low‐level residue (< 0.1 ppm wet wt) was present in the sediment and persisted for 10 days. Although brook trout and slimy sculpin captured in the stream within 3 days of the second application contained residues (< 0.05 ppm fresh wt) none were detected in any fish captured, 9 and 47 days later.     

千年桐与毛竹凋落叶混合分解对土壤酶活性的影响

在16年生千年桐人工林中按5种分解模式(模式A:千年桐叶100%;模式B:毛竹叶100%;模式C:千年桐叶50%+毛竹叶50%;模式D:千年桐叶75%+毛竹叶25%;模式E:千年桐叶80%+毛竹叶20%)进行千年桐、毛竹凋落叶及其混合分解的野外模拟试验,分析千年桐与毛竹凋落叶混合分解对土壤酶活性的影响及其与凋落物主要营养元素全氮(TN)、全磷(TP)、全钾(TK),微量元素钠(Na)、钙(Ca)、锰(Mn)、镁(Mg)、锌(Zn)及有机碳(OC)的释放量之间的关系.结果表明:5种模式叶凋落物分解1年后TN、TP、TK、OC和Na、Ca、Mn、Mg、Zn的释放量大小并不一致,不同元素释放量在5种分解模式之间均存在显著差异;5种混合分解模式下,蔗糖酶和过氧化氢酶的最强活性区均出现在5～10 cm土层,其中蔗糖酶活性比较为模式E>C>A>CK>D>B,过氧化氢酶活性比较为模式E>CK>B>D>A>C.80%千年桐叶+20%毛竹叶的配比对土壤蔗糖酶和过氧化氢酶活性的增强作用比较明显,在实际的人工林栽培中,可考虑以千年桐和毛竹4:1的比例进行毛阔混交林的营造,以最大程度地增强土壤肥力,提高土壤质量,促进两种树种的共同生长.图2表2参37     

Droplet size spectra and deposits of Bacillus thuringiensis aerial sprays,following application at two volume rates over an oak forest

Abstract

Dipel® 8AF, a commercial formulation of Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) was sprayed undiluted at 30 BIU in 1.8L/ha over a block B1, and sprayed after dilution with water at 30 BIU in 6.2 L/ha over another block B2 in an oak forest infested with the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) in southeastern Ontario, Canada. Spray was applied in May 1987 using a Cessna 188 Agtruck aircraft equipped with four Hicronair^® AU4000 atomizers. Droplet sizes were measured at mid‐canopy level of oak trees and at ground level using cylindrical Kromekote® cards. Deposit per unit area was assessed on aluminum oak leaves.

At the lower volume rate of 1.8 L/ha, spray droplets were smaller and droplets/cm² were lower on the cylindrical Kromekote cards in B1 than those obtained in B2 which received the higher volume rate of 6.2 L/ha. The average deposit per unit area of the aluminum oak leaves, expressed in nL of the spray volume per cm² surface area, was also correspondingly lower in B1 than in B2. This was attributed to the higher volume rate of spray application used in B2 than in B1, which resulted in larger droplets and a greater volume deposit/cm² in B2.