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A wind tunnel for measuring the gaseous losses of environmental chemicals from the soil/plant system under field-like conditions
1994
Stork, A. (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH (Germany). Inst. fuer Radioagronomie) | Witte, R. | Fuehr, F.
Volatilization from treated areas is a major source of pesticide residues in air, fog, and rain. This may lead to long-range transport of pesticide residues to remote areas. Up to now most information on pesticide volatilization has come from laboratory experiments under controlled conditions. A new system has been designed and developed to measure the volatile losses of (l4)C-labelled chemicals after application; the method compares with agricultural practice of treating soils or plants grown in lysimeters. Sensitive analytical methods guarantee a distinction between residues of unchanged pesticide, its metabolites or (14)CO2 as a mineralization product released into the air.
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