Abstracto

Fate Of Pendimethalin Herbicide In Soil And Pea Plant (Pisum Sativum L.)

Anjana Srivastava, Suchi Pandey, Shishir Tandon

The persistence and dissipation of pendimethalin herbicide at two fortification levels i.e. 1 and 2kg/ha in soil, leaves and pods of pea plant were performed. The degradation of pendimethalin in soil during 0 to 2 days was many folds higher than the later degradation which continued till 60 days for 1 kg/ha and upto 74 days for 2kg/ha. No detectable residue was found after 60 days and 74 days for both the rates of application. Dissipation followed first order kinetics which could be better accounted by a biphasic pattern.