Effect of Turfgrass Cover and Irrigation on Soil Mobility and Dissipation of Mefenoxam and.pdfVIP

Effect of Turfgrass Cover and Irrigation on Soil Mobility and Dissipation of Mefenoxam and Propiconazole D. S. Gardner and B. E. Branham* ABSTRACT Some pesticides dissipate more quickly in thatch com- Irrigation effects on pesticide mobility have been studied, but few pared with soil (Hurto et al., 1979; Gold et al., 1988; direct comparisons of pesticide mobility or persistence have been Gardner et al., 2000). Horst et al. (1996) found that the conducted on turfgrass versus bare soil. The interaction of irrigation half-lives of metalaxyl [N -(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N - practices and the presence of turfgrass on the mobility and dissipation (methoxyacetyl)-DL-alanine methyl ester], pendimethalin of mefenoxam [N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)-D-alanine [N-(1-ethylpropyl)-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-dinitrobenzenamine], methyl ester] and propiconazole (1-[[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-pro- chlorpyrifos [O,O-diethyl-O-(3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinyl) pyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]methyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole) was studied. Sam- phosphorothioate], and isazofos (O-5-chloro-1-isopropyl- pling cylinders (20-cm diam.) were placed in either creeping bentgrass 1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl O,O-diethylphosphorothioate) ap- [Agrostis stolonifera L. var. palustris (Huds.) Farw.] or bare soil. plied to turfgrass were 16, 12, 10, and 7 d, respectively. Mefenoxam was applied at 770 g a.i. ha1 and propiconazole was 1 This compares with previously published soil t1/2 data of applied at 1540 g a.i. ha on 14 June 1999. Sampling cylinders were removed 2 h after treatment and 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 days after treatment