Tebuthiuron

Tebuthiuron

New Approaches on Phytoremediation of Soil Cultivated with Sugarcane with Herbicide Residues and Fertigation

Published in Ederio Dino Bidoia, Renato Nallin Montagnolli, Biodegradation, Pollutants and Bioremediation Principles, 2021

Luziane Cristina Ferreira, Paulo Renato Matos Lopes

As herbicide tebuthiuron presents a widespread use in sugarcane crops, its high persistence in soil and high toxic potential may cause serious environmental impacts (Ibama 2009, Tonieto 2014). Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate new alternatives of treatment as phytoremediation in order to establish efficient methods to reduce these negative effects on the environment. Also, the association of this pesticide with vinasse application in sugarcane crops could present a synergy which can maximize its harmful effects on the soil.

Phytoremediation of quinclorac and tebuthiuron-polluted soil by green manure plants

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Published in International Journal of Phytoremediation, 2021

Kassio Ferreira Mendes, Bruno Aguiar Maset, Kamila Cabral Mielke, Rodrigo Nogueira de Sousa, Bianca Assis Barbosa Martins, Valdemar Luiz Tornisielo

Unlike quinclorac, tebuthiuron translocation was greater in the old leaves and cotyledons compared to the other analyzed plant parts. The pattern of tebuthiuron distribution may be explained by the mode of action of the herbicide, which is an inhibitor of photosystem II and is mostly translocated via the xylem (Hatzios et al. 1980). Herbicides applied to the soil that are translocated to the aerial parts by xylem tend to accumulate in mature leaves, which perspire more water (Nissen et al. 2019).

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