Microbial degradation of pendimethalin |
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Authors: | S B Singh G Kulshrestha |
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Affiliation: | Division of Agricultural Chemicals, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. |
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Abstract: | Microbial degradation of pendimethalin (N-(1-Ethylpropyl)-3, 4-dimethyl-2, 6-dinitroaniline) in vitro was studied. Fusarium oxysporum and Paecilomyces varioti, two soil fungi, in culture media degraded pendimethalin to two metabolites namely N-(1-Ethylpropyl)-3, 4-dimethyl-2-nitrobenzene-1, 6-diamine (II) and 3,4-Dimethyl-2, 6-dinitroaniline (IV). Rhizoctonia bataticola, another soil fungus, decomposed pendimethalin yielding only the latter metabolite (IV). Fungal decomposition of pendimethalin involved nitro reduction and dealkylation. |
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