title: To identify the important soil properties affecting dinoseb adsorption with statistical analysis.
abstract: Investigating the influences of soil characteristic factors on dinoseb adsorption parameter with different statistical methods would be valuable to explicitly figure out the extent of these influences. The correlation coefficients and the direct, indirect effects of soil characteristic factors on dinoseb adsorption parameter were analyzed through bivariate correlation analysis, and path analysis. With stepwise regression analysis the factors which had little influence on the adsorption parameter were excluded. Results indicate that pH and CEC had moderate relationship and lower direct effect on dinoseb adsorption parameter due to the multicollinearity with other soil factors, and organic carbon and clay contents were found to be the most significant soil factors which affect the dinoseb adsorption process. A regression is thereby set up to explore the relationship between the dinoseb adsorption parameter and the two soil factors: the soil organic carbon and clay contents. A 92% of the variation of dinoseb sorption coefficient could be attributed to the variation of the soil organic carbon and clay contents.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China.
authors.forename: Yiqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Jianhui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Danrong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Mingjuan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zu
authors.forename: Liru
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D019297:2,4-Dinitrophenol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D019297:2,4-Dinitrophenol; C018527:dinoseb