Organic acids play an important role in the nutritional conditions of plants. Their relevance is related to their formation dynamics, mineralization rate and adsorption by soil colloids. This study was carried out to evaluate the dynamics of mineralization and adsorption of organic acid (acetic acid – AA, citric acid – CA and humic acid – HA) applied to the soil. Samples of two Oxisols were used: Rhodic Haplustox (LV) and Typic Haplustox (LVA). The mineralization experiment was arranged in a […]

In Mango cultivation under Brazil conditions paclobutrazol (PBZ), a growth regulator, is very used. However it is not yet well known about the leaching potential of PBZ in these soil conditions. The objectives of this study were to evaluate sorption and mobility of paclobutrazol (PBZ), a growth regulator of the chemical group triazol, in a sandy loam soil found in the sub-mid region of the San Francisco River valley, where mango cultivation is intense. The sorption study was based on […]

In view of the toxicity of As for man and animals and the possibility of existence of a great number of contaminated areas it is imperative to know the total As content in soils considered uncontaminated and about As sorption processes in soils of variable charge. The objective of this work was to determine the total content and maximum capacity of As adsorption (CMADSAs) in Oxisols. The total content was determined by the USEPA 3051A method. The cmADSAs was determined by […]

The behavior of glyphosate in a Rhodic Oxisol, collected from fields under no-till and conventional management systems in Ponta Grossa, Parana state (Brazil) was investigated. Both agricultural systems had been in production for 23 years. Glyphosate mineralization, soil-bound forms, sorption and desorption kinetics, sorption/desorption batch experiments, and soil glyphosate phythoavailability (to Panicum maximum) were determined. The mineralization experiment was set up in a completely randomized design with a 2 x 2 factorial scheme (two management systems and two 14C radiolabelled positions in the […]

The movement of trace elements in soils is closely related to factors that contribute to their retention in the solid phase, for instance adsorbed anions. In the present work, it was evaluated the effect of phosphorus (P) pre-treatment on adsorption and desorption of Cd, Cu, and Pb in A and B horizon samples of two Latosol (Oxisols): a Yellow-Red Latosol and a Dark-Red Latosol. The P pre-treatment consisted of reacting soils samples for 72 h with 10.75 mmol L-1 Ca(H2PO4)2.H2 O (soil:solution […]

The aim of this study was to evaluate the dissipation, effects on microorganisms, and sorption/desorption of 14C-diclosulam in Rhodic Hapludox soil samples, cultivated for 10 years under no-till (NT) or conventional tillage (CT) systems. We carried out three individual experiments. In the dissipation and sorption/desorption experiments, diclosulam was applied to soil samples of both management systems. The microbial activity experiment tested diclosulam application and non-application on the soil samples. The degradation experiment was carried out in Bartha flasks, weekly evaluating […]

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of soil organic matter on the sorption and desorption of glyphosate in three soils with different mineralogical attributes. The experiments were carried out at the Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia of the Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/USP), Piracicaba, SP (Brazil). The soils were classified as: Rhodic Kandiudalf (NVef), Anionic Acrudox (LAw) and Typic Humaquept (G). In order to evaluate the influence of organic matter on the ghyphosate sorption, the soils […]

Imazaquin herbicide is an organic molecule presenting ionizable functional groups, with its sorption depending on soil pH and electrical charges. In this research, sorption of imazaquin was evaluated on an Anionic Acrudox at different soil depths and pH values. Radiolabelled (14C) molecules were employed to study imazaquin sorption, which was estimated by the difference between applied concentration and that remaining in solution. The sorption data were fitted to Freundlich equation to determine the sorption coefficient values (Kf), which were, overall, […]