MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF TWO CARBAMATE INSECTICIDES AND THEIR MAIN METABOLITES IN SOIL |
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| Authors: | Barra Caracciolo P. Bottoni A. Crobe L. Fava E. Funari G. Giuliano C. Silvestri |
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| Affiliation: | a Water Research Institute, National Research Council, Via Reno, 1, Rome, Italy.b Higher Health Institute, Department of Environmental Hygiene, Via Regina Elena, 299, Rome, Italy.c National Environmental Protection Agency, Via V. Brancati, 48, Rome, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | Degradation studies in soil of the insecticides aldicarb and carbofuran and their metabolites (aldicarb sulfoxide, aldicarb sulfone; 3-ketocarbofuran and 3-hydroxycarbofuran) were carried out using laboratory systems under controlled conditions (temperature, water content, light). The insecticides were added to soil samples and subsamples of the soil were analyzed at different times to assess both the bacterial abundance and the concentration of the different chemicals. The epifluorescence direct count method was applied to the subsamples to estimate microorganism numbers (N/g soil). Untreated samples of soil were used as controls for evaluating the effects of the application of the insecticides on microbial abundance. Subsamples treated with the pesticides were analyzed using HPLC and the DT 50 s of the different compounds studied were calculated.
The DT 50 values show that neither the parent compounds nor the transformation products have a high persistence in soil and there is a general increase in the concentration of microorganisms as the pesticides diminish. |
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| Keywords: | Aldicarb Carbofuran Metabolites Soil Biodegradation |
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