Effect of drip application of ammonium thiosulfate on fumigant degradation in soil columns.
Low permeability tarps can effectively minimize fumigant emissions while improving fumigation efficacy by retaining fumigants under the tarp. However, when planting holes are cut through the tarps, high-concentration fumigants may be released and result in environmental and worker safety hazards. In a 11-day column study, we explored the effect of drip irrigation application of ammonium thiosulfate (ATS) on 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D) and chloropicrin (CP) degradation in soil. Decrease of 1,3-D and CP concentrations in soil-gas phase followed a three-parameter logistic equation for all treatments. It was slowest in the control with a half-life ( t 1/2) of 86.0 h for 1,3-D and of 16.3 h for CP and most rapid when ATS was applied at 4:1 ATS/fumigant molar ratio with a half-life of 9.5 h for 1,3-D and of 5.5 h for CP. Our results indicate that applying ATS via the drip-irrigation systems to soil can accelerate fumigant degradation in soil and thus reduce emissions. This technical solution may be applicable in raised-bed strawberry production where drip-application of fumigants under tarps has become common.
Qin
Ruijun
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Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, California 93905, USA. rqin@fresno.ars.usda.gov
Gao
Suduan
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Hanson
Bradley D
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McDonald
Jason A
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Trout
Thomas J
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Ajwa
Husein
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D000498:Allyl Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry*; D005651:Fumigation; D006207:Half-Life; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry*; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis; D010575:Pesticides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D013885:Thiosulfates / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D000498:Allyl Compounds; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D010573:Pesticide Residues; D010575:Pesticides; D012987:Soil; D013885:Thiosulfates; C023891:1,3-dichloro-1-propene; C035309:ammonium thiosulfate; C100187:chloropicrin