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Facenda G, Celis R, Gámiz B, López-Cabeza R. An enantioselective study of the behavior of the herbicide ethofumesate in agricultural soils: Impact of the addition of organoclays and biochar. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2024; 270:115870. [PMID: 38159340 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Chiral pesticides that are still commercialized and incorporated into the environment as racemic mixtures of enantiomers require evaluation of the enantioselectivity of their biological activity and environmental fate processes for a better prediction of their field efficacy and environmental risks. In this work, we successfully separated the enantiomers of the chiral herbicide ethofumesate (ETFM), determined their absolute configuration, and characterized their herbicidal activity as well as their adsorption, degradation, enantiomerization, and leaching in Mediterranean agricultural soils. While the herbicidal activity of R-ethofumesate to the sensitive species Portulaca grandiflora was greater than that of S-ethofumesate, the adsorption, degradation, and leaching of the herbicide showed negligible enantioselectivity and enantiomer interconversion did not occur in soils. The adsorption of both enantiomers showed a positive correlation with the soil organic carbon content (r = 0.856, P = 0.015), and their degradation in soils occurred slowly (DT50 > 60 days) and at similar rates independent of their application as individual enantiomers or as a racemic mixture of enantiomers. The addition of three highly adsorptive materials to a scarcely adsorptive soil increased the adsorption of the enantiomers of ETFM and delayed their degradation without affecting the non-enantioselective character of the processes. As a result of their high adsorption capacity, the materials were highly effective in reducing the leaching of both enantiomers of ETFM through soil columns. The results of this work indicate that the application of single-enantiomer ETFM formulations, based on a higher herbicidal activity or a lower toxicity to non-target organisms of the formulated enantiomer, would reduce considerable exposure risks associated with incorporating into the environment the less favorable enantiomer, as this would show long persistence and high leaching potential in soils similar to its optical isomer.
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- Gracia Facenda
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, 41012 Sevilla, Spain; Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Instituto de Química para la Energía y Medioambiente (IQUEMA), Universidad de Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, 14014 Córdoba, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, 41012 Sevilla, Spain.
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Xu S, Shen F, Song J, Wang Y, Yu S, Zhang L, Fang H, Yu Y. Enantioselectivity of new chiral triazole fungicide mefentrifluconazole: Bioactivity against phytopathogen, and acute toxicity and bioaccumulation in earthworm (Eisenia fetida). THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 815:152937. [PMID: 35007570 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.152937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 01/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Elaborating the environmental behavior of mefentrifluconazole, a novel triazole fungicide, in stereoselective level is of paramount importance for the application of the pesticide in agriculture. In this study, the enantioselective bioactivity, acute toxicity and stereoselective bioaccumulation of mefentrifluconazole in earthworm (Eisenia fetida) were investigated. Bioactivity tests against four pathogens revealed that R-(-)-mefentrifluconazole exhibited approximately 11-113 times higher bioactivity than its S-(+)-mefentrifluconazole. However, the LC50 of S-(+)-, rac- and R-(-)-mefentrifluconazole to earthworm was measured to be 4.1, 11.4 and 7.3 μg/cm2, respectively, indicating active ingredient R-(-)-mefentrifluconazole is less toxic than its racemate and S-form. Accumulation of mefentrifluconazole in earthworms was non-enantioselective and negatively related to its adsorption onto soils. The concentration of mefentrifluconazole in in situ pore water (CIPW) and CaCl2 extraction (CCaCl2) was closely related to its accumulation in earthworms, suggesting that CIPW and CCaCl2 could be appropriate indicators for estimation of the bioavailability of mefentrifluconazole in soil. Conclusively, our study provides necessary information for the risk assessment of mefentrifluconazole in agriculture.
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- Shiji Xu
- Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, the Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, the Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, the Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, the Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, the Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, the Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, the Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, the Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Shen Y, Yao X, Jin S, Yang F. Enantiomer/stereoisomer-specific residues of metalaxyl, napropamide, triticonazole, and metconazole in agricultural soils across China. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2021; 193:773. [PMID: 34741224 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-09562-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this study, the residual status of four chiral pesticides including metalaxyl, napropamide, triticonazole, metconazole, and their enantiomers/stereoisomers were investigated in agricultural soils across China. The levels in the soils were detected as non-detected (n.d.)-16.67 ng/g for metalaxyl with a median of 0.14 ng/g; 0.004-32.99 ng/g for napropamide with a median of 0.29 ng/g; n.d.-207.39 ng/g for triticonazole with a median of 1.29 ng/g; and n.d.-71.83 ng/g for metconazole with a median of 1.03 ng/g, respectively. Enantiomer/stereoisomer-specific residues were observed for metalaxyl and triticonazole. R-Metalaxyl and R-triticonazole were identified as the major enantiomers in the soils for the two pesticides. There was no obvious enantioselective residue for napropamide in most of the soils. As for metconazole, metconazole-1 and metconazole-4 were identified as the major stereoisomers in the soils. These results suggest that enantiomer/stereoisomer-specific risk should be considered when assessing the ecological safety of these pesticides in soils.
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- Yi Shen
- MOE Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, No. 866, Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry of the State Affairs Commission, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry of the State Affairs Commission, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, No. 866, Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Cutillas V, García-Valverde M, Gómez-Ramos MDM, Díaz-Galiano FJ, Ferrer C, Fernández-Alba AR. Supercritical fluid chromatography separation of chiral pesticides: Unique capabilities to study cyhalothrin and metalaxyl as examples. J Chromatogr A 2020; 1620:461007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Sanganyado E, Lu Z, Liu W. Application of enantiomeric fractions in environmental forensics: Uncertainties and inconsistencies. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 184:109354. [PMID: 32182482 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 03/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The assumption that only biological processes are enantioselective introduces challenges in the reliability of enantioselective analysis as a tool for discriminating biotic and abiotic processes in the environmental fate of chiral pollutants. Enantioselectivity does not depend on the nature of the fate process a chiral contaminant undergoes but on the interaction of the chiral contaminant with homochirality inducing external agents (e.g. chiral molecules, macromolecules or surfaces such as enzymes, blood plasma, proteins, chiral co-pollutants, humic acid and soil organominerals). The environmental behavior of a chiral contaminant is difficult to anticipate because the interactions between the chiral contaminants and the homochirality inducing external agents is often complex and strongly influenced by local environment conditions such as pH, redox conditions, organic carbon, organic nitrogen, humic acid, and redox conditions. Furthermore, the use of enantioselective analysis in environmental forensics depend on the adequate separation and accurate identification and quantification of the enantiomers of the chiral contaminant. Matrix effects, instrument effects, inadequate enantioselective separation, and poor quantification techniques introduce uncertainties in the determination of enantiomeric composition. Here we present the weaknesses of this assumption and recommend using enantiomeric fractions as chemical markers of biotransformation with caution. We recommend using stable isotopes, including abiotic controls to determine if enantioselective sorption occurs, and determining stability of enantiomers in solvent or at elevated temperatures to account for confounding factors arising from matrix effects, enantioselective abiotic processes, and enantiomerization due solvent and thermal lability of the chiral analyte, respectively to maintain the integrity of the utility of enantiomeric composition changes as an environmental forensics tool.
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- Edmond Sanganyado
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, 515063, China
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- College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, 515063, China.
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You X, Zheng H, Ge J, Fang S, Suo F, Kong Q, Zhao P, Zhang G, Zhang C, Li Y. Effect of Biochar on the Enantioselective Soil Dissipation and Lettuce Uptake and Translocation of the Chiral Pesticide Metalaxyl in Contaminated Soil. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2019; 67:13550-13557. [PMID: 31721576 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b05559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Enantioselectivity is usually ignored when assessing potential biochar-based methods of redressing pesticide contamination of soils. In this study, the effect of woodchip biochar (WBC) on the enantioselective dissipation of metalaxyl in soil and its uptake and translocation by lettuce were investigated. S-metalaxyl (T1/2 = 29.8 days) dissipated more quickly than R-metalaxyl (T1/2 = 36.4 days) in unamended soil. The addition of WBC to the soil decreased the dissipation rate and the enantioselectivity of metalaxyl. Metalaxyl distribution showed opposing enantioselectivity in lettuce, with roots and shoots showing preferences for R-metalaxyl and S-metalaxyl, respectively. Enrichment with WBC decreased the concentrations of metalaxyl and metalaxyl acid enantiomers in lettuce and reduced the ability of the shoots to transport the highly toxic R-metalaxyl from roots. This is the first study to provide evidence that amending soil with biochar affects the enantioselective uptake and translocation of a chiral pesticide.
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- Xiangwei You
- Marine Agriculture Research Center, Tobacco Research Institute , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Qingdao 266101 , China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute for Advanced Ocean Study , Ocean University of China , Qingdao 266100 , China
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- Institute of Food Quality and Safety , Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Zhongling Street , Nanjing 210014 , China
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- Marine Agriculture Research Center, Tobacco Research Institute , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Qingdao 266101 , China
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- Marine Agriculture Research Center, Tobacco Research Institute , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Qingdao 266101 , China
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- Marine Agriculture Research Center, Tobacco Research Institute , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Qingdao 266101 , China
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- Marine Agriculture Research Center, Tobacco Research Institute , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Qingdao 266101 , China
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- Marine Agriculture Research Center, Tobacco Research Institute , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Qingdao 266101 , China
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- Marine Agriculture Research Center, Tobacco Research Institute , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Qingdao 266101 , China
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- Marine Agriculture Research Center, Tobacco Research Institute , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Qingdao 266101 , China
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Huang J, Zhang X, Liang C, Hu J. Impact of TiO 2 on the chemical and biological transformation of formulated chiral-metalaxyl in agricultural soils. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2018; 348:67-74. [PMID: 29367134 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Revised: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The impacts of TiO2 on the chemical and biological transformation of racemic metalaxyl wettable powder (rac-metalaxyl WP) in agricultural soils, and soil microorganisms were investigated. Under simulated solar irradiation, TiO2 highly promoted the transformation of rac-metalaxyl WP without changing the enantiomer fraction, with the promotion amplitude (60-1280%) being dependent on TiO2 characteristics. TiO2 characteristics showed different influence on the transformation of rac-metalaxyl WP in soils and aqueous solutions because their characteristics changed differently in soils. The impact of the mancozeb and other co-constituents on the transformation of rac-metalaxyl WP was smaller in soil media than in aqueous solution. Autoclave sterilization changed soil properties and subsequently weakened the promotion effects of TiO2 on the chemical transformations of rac-metalaxyl WP to 0-233%. Microorganism biomass and bacterial community were not statistically significant changed by TiO2 exposure regardless of rac-metalaxyl WP, suggesting that the promotional effects occurred mainly through chemical processes. The results also showed TiO2-soil interactions may be strengthened with TiO2 (Degussa P25) aging time in soils, which decreased its promotion amplitude from 1060% (without aging) to 880% (aging for 20 days). Intermediate formed in soil biological transformation process was different from that in TiO2 photocatalysis process.
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- Junxing Huang
- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China.
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- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, PR China
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Castillo Diaz JM, Martin-Laurent F, Beguet J, Nogales R, Romero E. Fate and effect of imidacloprid on vermicompost-amended soils under dissimilar conditions: Risk for soil functions, structure, and bacterial abundance. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 579:1111-1119. [PMID: 27914643 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The fate and impact of pesticide on soil depend partly on the agricultural practices, such as prior treatment with pesticide and/or organic amendments. As a means of determining how the previous soil conditions can affect the fate of imidacloprid (IMI) and its effect on soil functions, experiments were made with soil samples, double-amended or not with either vine-shoot (W) or olive cake (O) vermicompost or contaminated or not with IMI. These soil samples, incubated for 3months, were placed in two microcosms (M1 with the pre-amended soils and M2 with the pre-exposed soils), treated with IMI and amended with vermicomposts and then incubated for 3months. The IMI distribution on soil fractions, sorption processes, dissipation kinetics, and biochemical as well as genetic structure and bacterial abundance were determined to assess the fate and impact of IMI on the soil. The addition of W vermicompost to the soil reduced the IMI availability. The dissipation kinetic in soils from M1 and M2 followed, respectively, a single first-order and a double first-order in parallel models. The lowest IMI persistence corresponded to the soil from M2 amended with O-vermicompost with DT50 and DT90 values of 67d and 265d, while in the other soils 90% dissipation required >512d. The vermicomposts-amended contaminated soils increased the dehydrogenase activity by 2- and 4-fold respect the control soils. However, the urease activity decreased due to the IMI influence. The changes in the bacterial community in the contaminated soil amended with O-vermicompost during incubation were correlated with the dissipation rate constant of IMI, suggesting a better tolerance of microorganisms to IMI. Thus, in the soil contaminated with IMI, the amendment with the vermicompost from olive cake can mitigate the impact of this insecticide on soil functions and promote its depuration capability while minimizing environmental risks.
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- Jean Manuel Castillo Diaz
- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín -Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (EEZ-CSIC), C/Profesor Albareda 1, 18008 Granada, Spain
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- INRA, UMR 1347 Agroécologie, 17 rue Sully, B P 86510, 21065 Dijon Cedex, France
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín -Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (EEZ-CSIC), C/Profesor Albareda 1, 18008 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín -Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (EEZ-CSIC), C/Profesor Albareda 1, 18008 Granada, Spain.
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Yue H, Fang S, Zhang Y, Ning Y, Yu W, Kong F, Qiu J. Enantioselective effects of metalaxyl on soil enzyme activity. Chirality 2016; 28:771-777. [DOI: 10.1002/chir.22649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Revised: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Heng Yue
- Tobacco Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, Peoples Republic of China and Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Beijing Peoples Republic of China
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- Tobacco Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences & Laboratory of Risk Assessment for Tobacco Products (Qingdao), Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China; Qingdao Shandong Peoples Republic of China
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- Tobacco Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences & Laboratory of Risk Assessment for Tobacco Products (Qingdao), Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China; Qingdao Shandong Peoples Republic of China
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- Tobacco Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences & Laboratory of Risk Assessment for Tobacco Products (Qingdao), Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China; Qingdao Shandong Peoples Republic of China
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- Tobacco Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences & Laboratory of Risk Assessment for Tobacco Products (Qingdao), Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China; Qingdao Shandong Peoples Republic of China
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- Tobacco Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences & Laboratory of Risk Assessment for Tobacco Products (Qingdao), Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China; Qingdao Shandong Peoples Republic of China
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- Tobacco Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences & Laboratory of Risk Assessment for Tobacco Products (Qingdao), Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China; Qingdao Shandong Peoples Republic of China
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Liang C, Huang J, Zhang X. Effects of Engineered Nanoparticles on the Enantioselective Transformation of Metalaxyl Agent and Commercial Metalaxyl in Agricultural Soils. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2016; 64:7688-7695. [PMID: 27690422 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b02961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The adsorption coefficient of racemic metalaxyl onto an agriculture soil was small and nonenantioselective. Biotransformation was the predominant pathway for the elimination of R-metalaxyl, while abiotic and biotransformation made a comparable contribution to the degradation of S-metalaxyl. Metalaxyl acid was the main transformation intermediate. The enantiomer fraction of metalaxyl decreased with an increase in its initial spike concentration or the presence of the co-constituents in metalaxyl commercial products. Under simulated solar irradiation, the presence of TiO2 promoted the overall transformation kinetics through enhanced biotransformation and extra photoinduced chemical reactions. The promotion was enantioselective and thereafter changed the enantiomer fraction. The results obtained in this study showed that some achiral parameters, although they have no direct impact on enantioselective reactions with enantiomers, can significantly affect the enantioselective transformation of racemic metalaxyl. Thus, our results indicate that the contribution of chemical interactions on the enantioselective transformation of chiral pesticides may be underestimated.
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- Chuanzhou Liang
- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430079, P.R. China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430079, P.R. China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Science, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430079, P.R. China
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Gámiz B, Pignatello JJ, Cox L, Hermosín MC, Celis R. Environmental fate of the fungicide metalaxyl in soil amended with composted olive-mill waste and its biochar: An enantioselective study. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 541:776-783. [PMID: 26433334 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Revised: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 09/18/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A large number of pesticides are chiral and reach the environment as mixtures of optical isomers or enantiomers. Agricultural practices can affect differently the environmental fate of the individual enantiomers. We investigated how amending an agricultural soil with composted olive-mill waste (OMWc) or its biochar (BC) at 2% (w:w) affected the sorption, degradation, and leaching of each of the two enantiomers of the chiral fungicide metalaxyl. Sorption of metalaxyl enantiomers was higher on BC (Kd ≈ 145 L kg(-1)) than on OMWc (Kd ≈ 22 L kg(-1)) and was not enantioselective in either case, and followed the order BC-amended>OMWc-amended>unamended soil. Both enantiomers showed greater resistance to desorption from BC-amended soil compared to unamended and OMWc-amended soil. Dissipation studies revealed that the degradation of metalaxyl was more enantioselective (R>S) in unamended and OMWc-amended soil than in BC-amended soil. The leaching of both S- and R-metalaxyl from soil columns was almost completely suppressed after amending the soil with BC and metalaxyl residues remaining in the soil columns were more racemic than those in soil column leachates. Our findings show that addition of BC affected the final enantioselective behavior of metalaxyl in soil indirectly by reducing its bioavailability through sorption, and to a greater extent than OMWc. BC showed high sorption capacity to remove metalaxyl enantiomers from water, immobilize metalaxyl enantiomers in soil, and mitigate the groundwater contamination problems particularly associated with the high leaching potential of the more persistent enantiomer.
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- Beatriz Gámiz
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, P.O. Box 1052, 41080 Sevilla, Spain.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington St., P.O. Box 1106, New Haven, CT 06504-1106, United States
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, P.O. Box 1052, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, P.O. Box 1052, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, P.O. Box 1052, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
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Celis R, Gámiz B, Facenda G, Hermosín MC. Enantioselective sorption of the chiral fungicide metalaxyl on soil from non-racemic aqueous solutions: Environmental implications. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2015; 300:581-589. [PMID: 26259163 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.07.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Revised: 07/21/2015] [Accepted: 07/23/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Mechanisms governing the enantioselectivity of the processes that determine the behavior of chiral pollutants in the environment need to be better understood. Understanding these mechanisms should help improve predictions of the hazards and risks chiral compounds can pose to people and the environment. We report the results of batch sorption experiments indicating that the sorption of the chiral fungicide metalaxyl on soil from non-racemic initial solutions was enantioselective. While from a racemic initial solution the two enantiomers of metalaxyl were sorbed on the soil to the same extent, increasing the fraction of R-enantiomer in the initial solution led to enhanced sorption of this enantiomer and to reduced sorption of the S-enantiomer. Considering the shape of the sorption isotherms (S-type) and the sorption behavior of model sorbents, we attributed this effect to molecular interactions between metalaxyl enantiomer species at the sorbed state, where R-R metalaxyl interactions appeared to be more favorable than R-S metalaxyl interactions. We discuss important environmental implications of the proposed mechanism, such as those related to the fact that the biological degradation of metalaxyl is known to be an enantioselective process that can yield non-racemic residues in soils shortly after application of the fungicide as a racemic mixture.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rafael Celis
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, P.O. Box 1052, 41080 Sevilla, Spain.
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, P.O. Box 1052, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, P.O. Box 1052, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, P.O. Box 1052, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
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Keren Y, Borisover M, Bukhanovsky N. Sorption interactions of organic compounds with soils affected by agricultural olive mill wastewater. CHEMOSPHERE 2015; 138:462-468. [PMID: 26183941 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.06.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The organic compound-soil interactions may be strongly influenced by changes in soil organic matter (OM) which affects the environmental fate of multiple organic pollutants. The soil OM changes may be caused by land disposal of various OM-containing wastes. One unique type of OM-rich waste is olive mill-related wastewater (OMW) characterized by high levels of OM, the presence of fatty aliphatics and polyphenolic aromatics. The systematic data on effects of the land-applied OMW on organic compound-soil interactions is lacking. Therefore, aqueous sorption of simazine and diuron, two herbicides, was examined in batch experiments onto three soils, including untreated and OMW-affected samples. Typically, the organic compound-soil interactions increased following the prior land application of OMW. This increase is associated with the changes in sorption mechanisms and cannot be attributed solely to the increase in soil organic carbon content. A novel observation is that the OMW application changes the soil-sorbent matrix in such a way that the solute uptake may become cooperative or the existing ability of a soil sorbent to cooperatively sorb organic molecules from water may become characterized by a larger affinity. The remarkable finding of this study was that in some cases a cooperative uptake of organic molecules by soils makes itself evident in distinct sigmoidal sorption isotherms rarely observed in soil sorption of non-ionized organic compounds; the cooperative herbicide-soil interactions may be characterized by the Hill model coefficients. However, no single trend was found for the effect of applied OMW on the mechanisms of organic compound-soil interactions.
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- Yonatan Keren
- Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel; Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel.
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- Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel.
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- Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel.
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Celis R, Gámiz B, Adelino MA, Cornejo J, Hermosín MC. Effect of formulation and repeated applications on the enantioselectivity of metalaxyl dissipation and leaching in soil. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2015; 71:1572-1581. [PMID: 25492063 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2014] [Revised: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 12/04/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Soil incubation and column leaching experiments were conducted to address the question of whether the type of formulation (unsupported versus clay supported) and repeated applications of the chiral fungicide (RS)-metalaxyl affected the enantioselectivity of its dissipation and leaching in a slightly alkaline, loamy sand agricultural soil. RESULTS Regardless of the type of formulation and the number of fungicide applications, the R-enantiomer of metalaxyl was degraded faster than the S-enantiomer, but the individual degradation rates of R- and S-metalaxyl were highly affected by the different application regimes assayed (t1/2 = 2-104 days). Repeated applications accelerated the degradation of the biologically active R-metalaxyl enantiomer, whereas they led to slower degradation of the non-active S-metalaxyl enantiomer. The type of formulation had less influence on the dissipation rates of the enantiomers. For all formulations tested, soil column leachates became increasingly enriched in S-enantiomer as the number of fungicide applications was increased, and application of metalaxyl to soil columns as clay-based formulations reduced the leaching of both enantiomers. CONCLUSION Pesticide application conditions can greatly influence the enantioselective dissipation of chiral pesticides in soil, and hence are expected to exert a great impact on both the biological efficacy and the environmental chiral signatures of pesticides applied as mixtures of enantiomers or racemates to agricultural soils.
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- Rafael Celis
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Seville, Spain
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Anastopoulos I, Massas I, Ehaliotis C. Use of residues and by-products of the olive-oil production chain for the removal of pollutants from environmental media: A review of batch biosorption approaches. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2015; 50:677-718. [PMID: 25901848 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2015.1011964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Residues and by-products of the olive-oil production chain have been widely studied as biosorbents for the removal of various pollutants from environmental media due to their significant adsorption properties, low cost, production at local level and renewability. In this review, adsorbents developed from olive-tree cultivation residues and olive-oil extraction by-products and wastes are examined, and their sorption characteristics are described and discussed. Recent information obtained using batch sorption studies is summarized and the adsorption mechanisms involved, regarding various aquatic and soil pollutants (metal ions, dyes, radionuclides, phenolic compounds, pesticides) are presented and discussed. It is evident that several biosorbents show the potential to effectively remove a wide variety of pollutants from aqueous solutions, especially Pb and Cd. However, there is need to (a) develop standardized batch study protocols, and potentially reference materials, for effective cross-evaluation of biosorbents of similar nature and for improved understanding of mechanisms involved and (b) investigate scaling-up and regeneration issues that hold back industry-level application of preselected adsorbents.
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- Ioannis Anastopoulos
- a Laboratory of Soils and Agricultural Chemistry, Department of Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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Wang M, Zhang Q, Cong L, Yin W, Wang M. Enantioselective degradation of metalaxyl in cucumber, cabbage, spinach and pakchoi. CHEMOSPHERE 2014; 95:241-246. [PMID: 24080002 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.08.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Revised: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The enantioselective degradation behaviors of the acylamino acid fungicide metalaxyl in vegetables (cucumber, cabbage, spinach and pakchoi) under field and greenhouse conditions were elucidated by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). A cellulose tris (3-chloro-4-methyl phenyl carbamate) chiral column (Lux Cellulose-2) was used for the chiral separation of the enantiomers using acetonitrile-0.1% formic acid solution (40:60, v/v) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 1.0 mL min(-1). The two enantiomers could be completely separated with a resolution (Rs) of 5.2. The linearity range, matrix effect, precision and recovery were evaluated. The method was successfully applied for the enantioselective analysis of metalaxyl in cucumber, cabbage, spinach and pakchoi under different conditions. The results showed that R-enantiomer dissipated faster than S-enantiomer in cucumber of greenhouse. Inversely, a preferential degradation of S-form was found in spinach and pakchoi under field and greenhouse conditions. No stereoselective degradation in cabbage was observed. These results can be applied for evaluating the environmental risk and food safety.
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- Meiyun Wang
- Department of Pesticide Science, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Science, Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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