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Sorption of Acetochlor, Atrazine, 2,4-d, Chlorotoluron, MCPA, and Trifluralin in Six Soils From Slovakia

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Sorption of the herbicides (acetochlor, atrazine, 2,4-d, chlorotoluron, MCPA and trifluralin) in their commercially available formulations was characterized on six agricultural soils from Slovakia. Weak acid herbicides (2,4-d and MCPA) were the least sorbed, whereas weak base such as atrazine and nonionic herbicides were the most sorbed in the order: atrazine < acetochlor ≈ chlorotoluron < trifluralin, which was closely related to the hydrophobicity of herbicides expressed as logK OW. The K F values positively correlated with soil organic carbon content for all herbicides. Moreover, all herbicides were the most sorbed by Vertisol with relatively high smectite clay content in proportion to organic carbon content. The K OC values for each herbicide showed a smaller variation among soils (excluding Vertisol) than the K F and were used to compare soil mobility potential of herbicides.

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We thank the Water Research Institute Bratislava, Slovakia for the financial support. This work was also supported financially by the grant VEGA No. 1/4036/07.

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  1. Department of Geochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynska dolina, 842 15, Bratislava 4, Slovak Republic

    Edgar Hiller

  2. National Water Reference Laboratory for Slovakia, Water Research Institute Bratislava, Nabr. L. Svobodu 5, 812 49, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

    Zoltán Krascsenits

  3. Department of Ecosozology and Physiotactics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynska dolina, 842 15, Bratislava 4, Slovak Republic

    Slavomír Čerňanský

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Hiller, E., Krascsenits, Z. & Čerňanský, S. Sorption of Acetochlor, Atrazine, 2,4-d, Chlorotoluron, MCPA, and Trifluralin in Six Soils From Slovakia. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 80, 412–416 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-008-9430-9

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