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Photodecomposition of Eleven Dinitroaniline Herbicides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

J. V. Parochetti  and
G. W. Dec Jr.
J. V. Parochetti
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
G. W. Dec Jr.
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
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Abstract

Decomposition of 11 dinitroaniline herbicides was determined following 7 days exposure to unfiltered solar radiation in July and compared with that in the dark. Radiolabeled herbicides were applied at 1 kg/ha to dry soil thin layer plates. Decomposition of all dinitroanilines was higher when exposed to sunlight than if held in the dark under otherwise similar conditions. Thermal decomposition was noted for all dinitroanilines except profluralin [N-(cyclopropylmethyl)-α,α,α-trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-N-propyl-p-toluidine] and dinitramine (N4,N4-diethyl-α,α,α-trifluoro-3,5-dinitrotoluene-2,4-diamine). Photodecomposition for each herbicide was: 7.8% AC 92390 [N-(1-ethylpropyl)-2,6-dinitro-3,4-dinitro-3,4-xylidine], 8.2% isopropalin (2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropylcumidine), 9.0% butralin [4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-N-(1-methylpropyl)-2,6-dinitrobenzenamine], 9.9% pendimethalin [N-(1-ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-dinitrobenzenamine], 17.1% benefin (N-butyl-N-ethyl-α,α,α-trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-p-toluidine), 18.4% trifluralin (α,α,α-trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-N-N-dipropyl-p-toluidine), 26.6% oryzalin (3,5-dinitro-N4,N4-dipropylsulfanilamide), 30.4% fluchoralin [N-(2-chloroethyl)-2,6-dinitro-N-propyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)aniline], 40.6% nitralin [4-(methylsulfonyl)-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropylaniline], 47.6% profluralin, and 72.3% dinitramine.

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Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , March 1978 , pp. 153 - 156
Copyright
Copyright © 1978 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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