Journal article
Acetamiprid fate in a sandy loam with contrasting soil organic matter contents: A comparison of the degradation, sorption and leaching of commercial neonicotinoid formulations
Science of The Total Environment, Vol.842, Art. 156711
2022
Abstract
The impacts of neonicotinoids have generally focussed on the responses of the pure active ingredient. Using a selection of two commercial formulations and the active ingredient, we ran three laboratory studies using 14C-labelled acetamiprid to study the leaching, sorption and mineralisation behaviours of the commercially available neonicotinoid formulations compared to the pure active ingredient. We added 14C-spiked acetamiprid to a sandy loam soil that had received long-term additions of farmyard manure at two rates (10 t/ha/yr and 25 t/ha/yr) and mineral fertilisers, as a control. We found significant differences in acetamiprid mineralisation across both the SOM and chemical treatments. Sorption was primarily impacted by changes in SOM and any differences in leachate recovery were much less significant across both treatment types. The mineralisation of all pesticide formulations was comparatively slow, with <23 % of any given chemical/soil organic matter combination being mineralised over the experimental period. The highest mineralisation rates occurred in samples with the highest soil organic matter levels. The results also showed that 82.9 % ± 1.6 % of the acetamiprid applied was leached from the soil during repeated simulated rainfall events. This combined with the low sorption values, and the low rates of mineralisation, implies that acetamiprid is highly persistent and mobile within sandy soils. As a highly persistent neurotoxin with high invertebrate selectivity, the presence of neonicotinoids in soil presents a high toxicology risk to various beneficial soil organisms, including earthworms, as well as being at high risk of transfer to surrounding watercourses.
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- Title
- Acetamiprid fate in a sandy loam with contrasting soil organic matter contents: A comparison of the degradation, sorption and leaching of commercial neonicotinoid formulations
- Authors/Creators
- J. Potts (Author/Creator) - Bangor UniversityD.L. Jones (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityA. Macdonald (Author/Creator) - Rothamsted ResearchQ. Ma (Author/Creator) - Bangor UniversityP. Cross (Author/Creator) - Bangor University
- Publication Details
- Science of The Total Environment, Vol.842, Art. 156711
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Identifiers
- 991005542606007891
- Copyright
- © 2022 Elsevier B.V.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- SoilsWest; Centre for Sustainable Farming Systems
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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