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Published on: July 2, 2015
Evaluation of the behaviour of propoxycarbazone herbicide in soils and water under different conditions.
Marta Vargas-Pérez1, Francisco Javier Egea González1, Antonia Garrido Frenich1
1Research Group "Analytical Chemistry of Contaminants", Department of Chemistry and Physics, Center for Research in Mediterranean Intensive Agrosystems and Agri-Food Biotechnology (CIAIMBITAL),University of Almeria, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, CeiA3, E-04120, Almeria, Spain.
Abstract:
The aim of this study is to understand the levels and behaviour of the herbicide propoxycarbazone in environmental compartments, which are poorly characterized considering degradation products that might reach either surface water as groundwater or soil samples. To this end, an analytical method, based on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled with Orbitrap mass spectrometry (MS), has been developed to determine the parent compound and its transformation products in soils and water. In addition, a set of laboratory trials has been designed to address the dissipation process of propoxycarbazone formulation in both environmental substrates. The study revealed that the dissipation in water followed a first order kinetics and a non-linear "First Order Multi Compartment" model (FOMC) to soil. Relevant advances have been also achieved in terms of the analytical methodology, as far as the UHPLC-Orbitrap-MS technique allows the development of a retrospective screening of pesticide transformation products in water and soils. For this purpose, an accurate-mass database has been built and used for the post-run screening analysis with 9 transformation products. Photodegradation presumably plays an important role in the dissipation of propoxycarbazone. The results of UHPLC-Orbitrap-MS revealed that four transformation products were formed during the degradation process of the herbicide.
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