title: Flupyrsulfuron soil dissipation and mobility in winter wheat crops.
abstract: Residues of the sulfonylurea herbicide flupyrsulfuron were extracted from cropping soils with 0.1 M NaHCO(3). The soil extracts were cleaned up by partitioning and repeated thin-layer chromatography. Flupyrsulfuron was transformed by diazomethane into N-(4, 6-dimethoxypyrimidine-2-yl)-N-(3-methoxycarbonyl-6-trifluoromet hylpyr idine-2-yl)methylamine (2), which was analyzed by gas-liquid chromatography with electron capture detection, and confirmation for several samples was made by gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry. The sensitivity limit was 0.5 microg of flupyrsulfuron kg(-)(1) of dry soil. Bioassays using sugar beet as test plant qualitatively confirmed the results of the chemical analyses. Flupyrsulfuron [10 g of active ingredient ha(-)(1)] was applied in autumn on plots in two winter wheat crops on a sandy loam soil, the first crop being made in 1996-1997 and the second one in 1997-1998. In the 0-8 cm surface soil layer of both crops, the flupyrsulfuron soil half-lives were 123 and 92 days, respectively. Flupyrsulfuron was also applied post-emergence in March to other plots in the same crops; the half-lives in the 0-8 cm surface soil layer were similar in both seasons, that is, approximately 58 days. During all crop trials, flupyrsulfuron remained in the 0-8 cm surface soil layer and was not detected in the 8-10, 10-15, and 15-20 cm surface soil layers. The surface-2 cm soil layer contained the greatest flupyrsulfuron soil concentration, but the residues progressively moved down into the 2-4 and 4-6 cm soil layers. At the winter wheat harvest date for each trial, flupyrsulfuron was not detected in any of the soil layers (<0.5 microg kg(-)(1)).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Phytopharmacy, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rouchaud
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Neus
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cools
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bulcke
mesh_terms: D001711:Biotransformation; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D006540:Herbicides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D014908:Triticum / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006540:Herbicides; D011743:Pyrimidines; D012987:Soil; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds; C412905:flupyrsulfuron