Title: Analysis of atrazine and its degradation products in loamy soil by SPE and HPLC

Authors: V.K. Gupta, Imran Ali

Addresses: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 247 667, India. ' National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee 247 667, India

Abstract: The degradation and leaching of atrazine and its degradation products (hydroxyatrazine, desethylatrazine, deisopropylatarzine and didealkylatrazine) were studied into loamy soil. An agriculture soil field (50 × 50 sq. feet with brinjal plants) was selected and atrazine spray was carried out once in a year. The irrigation of this plot was carried out once in a month. The sampling of soil was carried out at different depths after every two months. The extraction and the analysis of these pesticides were carried out by SPE and HPLC respectively. The degradation and leaching of these pesticides have been reported into loamy soil. The degradation and leaching are controlled by various factors such as irrigation process, pH of water, temperature etc.

Keywords: atrazine; degradation products; leaching; HPLC; SPE; loamy soil; hydroxyatrazine; desethylatrazine; brinjal; deisopropylatarzine; didealkylatrazine; agriculture; pesticides; water pollution; water treatment; solid phase extraction.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2006.010463

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2006 Vol.27 No.1/2/3, pp.204 - 210

Published online: 24 Jul 2006 *

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