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Observations on the influence of orchard soil management on simazine movement
Author(s) -
ATKINSON D.,
ALLEN J. G.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
weed research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1365-3180
pISSN - 0043-1737
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3180.1976.tb00418.x
Subject(s) - simazine , orchard , agronomy , environmental science , soil horizon , pesticide , soil water , biology , soil science , atrazine
Summary: The concentration of simazine in surface soil was determined on two occasions at a number of sites in a 2‐year‐old apple orchard under either conventional herbicide strip or overall herbicide soil management. There was no evidence of simazine re‐distribution in conventional herbicide strips. With overall herbicide management there was evidence of the movement of simazine from much of the area of the orchard and its accumulation in either small erosion channels or deposition areas. This was prevented by a thin litter of straw spread over the soil surface.