Biodegradation of metalaxyl in avocado soils
Biodegradation of metalaxyl in avocado soils
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10.1094/phyto-75-135
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1985
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3.2
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A. Bailey;M. Coffey
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作者:
A. Bailey;M. Coffey
Bailey, A. M., and Coffey, M. D. 1985. Biodegradation of metalaxyl in avocado soils. Phytopathology 75:135-137. Using a sensitive bioassay involving Phytophthora boehmeriae as the test with a history of prior metalaxyl treatment and from similar untreated soils organism, biodegradation of metalaxyl was detected in three of five with no ability to degrade the fungicide. Fungal and bacterial microflora avocado soils that had received repeated applications of the fungicide over a were recovered from these two soils by using either selective media or period of 2-5 yr. The average half-life of metalaxyl in these soils was 28 filtration techniques and were capable of degrading metalaxyl over a45-day days, and in the most active soils the half-life was 14 days. The composition period. One soil capable of degrading metalaxyl (50% over 14 days) did not and levels of the microbial populations (bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes) promote degradation of either the acylanilide fungicides RE 26745 and of similar soils, either active or inactive in the breakdown of metalaxyl, did oxadixyl, or the chemically related herbicide metolachlor. not differ. Active microbial populations were recovered both from soils In a previous study, a sensitive bioassay was developed for ability to biodegrade that fungicide. Soil moisture was adjusted to detecting low concentrations of metalaxyl (N-[2,6-dimethylphenyl]field capacity, and each sample, equivalent to 200 g of oven-dried N-[methoxyacetyl]-alanine methyl ester), in soils (1). Metalaxyl, a soil, was thoroughly mixed with 40 mg a.i. of metalaxyl dissolved in systemic fungicide active specifically against plant pathogens of the 2 ml of methanol by using mechanical agitation, to give a final order Peronosporales (2-5,11), has been studied in plants (8-10). concentration of 200 4g/g dry weight of soil. For each soil, two Very few studies have evaluated its longevity and biodegradation in samples were incubated in the dark at 23 C in separate 500-ml soils (1,7,12). Due to its low adsorption and high mobility, Mason jars. A control sample, to which 2 ml of methanol was metalaxyl can be rapidly leached from sandy soils which are low in added, was included for each soil. Four samples, each consisting of organic matter (12). In certain cases it also may be subject to about 5 g of soil, were removed from each jar at 0, 14, 28, 42, 56, and microbial degradation (1,12). Under severe disease pressure, 70 days. The samples were treated and bioassayed as described extensive biodegradation of metalaxyl could lead to a significant or previously (1). premature loss of fungicidal efficacy. Microbial populations. The microbial population of each soil The purpose of this study was to obtain basic information on the was determined before the addition of metalaxyl by using a longevity of metalaxyl in avocado soils that had received repeated combination of the dilution-plate technique (6) and different applications of the fungicide over a period of several years as well as selective media for the major components of the microflora. in soils not previously treated with the fungicide. Glucose peptone agar was used to isolate bacteria, water agar for actinomycetes, and Martin's rose-bengal agar for fungi. MATERIALS AND METHODS Biological degradation by different soil microflora. Two soil samples were collected from the same avocado grove: one, E9, was Soils. Five sandy loam and sandy clay loam soils with a history of active in degrading metalaxyl and originated from a fungicidemetalaxyl treatment, and typical of those in which avocado (Persea treated site; the other, E7, originated from an untreated site, and americana Mill.) is cultivated in southern California, were selected showed no capacity to degrade the fungicide. The moisture content to study biodegradation of metalaxyl (Table 1). Prior to selection of each soil was adjusted to field capacity in 500-ml Masonjars and of the samples, soils A, B, C, and D received metalaxyl for 2 yr at a a sample, consisting of 200 g of soil (dry weight equivalent), was rate of 2.5 g a.i./ m per application, with three applications per sterilized in a saturated chloroform atmosphere inside a dessicator year. Soil E received 30 applications over a period of 5 yr at rates of for 2 days at 23 C. The soils were then aerated and reinfested with 2.05 or4.10ga.i./m . Samples of similar soils that had not received portions of the natural microflora isolated previously from these metalaxyl were selected as controls. same soils. Two treatments consisting of a 5-ml aqueous suspension Coefficients for metalaxyl soil adsorption. Samples of a sandy from three plates of the appropriate selective medium for fungi, loam soil taken from an avocado grove in Fallbrook, San Diego using the 102 dilution, and bacteria using the 105 dilution, were County, CA (Table 1, soils E5-9) were used to determine the added to the soils. Additionally, 5-ml soil extracts (1%, w/v) adsorption of metalaxyl. Soil samples were treated with 5, 10, 15, consisting of either bacterial or fungal suspensions obtained using and 20 gg of metalaxyl (technical grade, 94.3% a.i.) per milliliter, Millipore membranes, a SC 8 . -,4m pore size for separation of and adsorption isotherms were obtained by using the method fungi from bacteria, or an HA 0.45-,m pore size for bacteria, were described by Sharom and Edgington (12). Concentrations of added to soils. Soils treated with microbial suspensions were metalaxyl were determined by using the bioassay described by amended with metalaxyl at 200 pga.i./g dry weight and incubated Bailey and Coffey (1). in the dark at 23 C. Controls consisted of chloroform-treated soils Biodegradation of metalaxyl in soils. The soils (Table 1) with a with and without 200 Mg a.i. of metalaxyl per milliliter. Soil samples history of metalaxyl treatment were studied to determine their were removed from each jar at 0, 14, 28, and 45 days and the concentration of metalaxyl present was determined by using the bioassay (1). The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge payment. This Biodegradation of different acylanilide pesticides. The article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 1734 solely to indicate this fact. persistence of metalaxyl in soil was compared to that of several other acylanilide compounds. Soil E9, active in degrading ©1985 The American Phytopathological Society metalaxyl and maintained at field capacity, was treated with either Vol. 75, No. 2, 1985 135 200 .g of metalaxyl, 500 btg of oxadixyl (2-methoxy-N-[2-oxo-1,3RESULTS oxazalidin-3-yl]-acet-2',6'-xylidine), 200 /ug of RE 26745 (2met hoxyl-N-[2,6-dimethylphenyl]-N-[tetrahydro-2-oxo-3Coefficients for metalaxyl soil adsorption. The Kvalues (relative furanyl]-acetamide), or 1000 Ag metolachlor (2-chloro-Nmeasure of adsorption) for metalaxyl of five different soil samples [2-ethyl-6methylphenyl]-N-[2-methoxy1-methylethyl] (E5, E6, E7, E8, and E9) from the same avocado grove were 0.20, acetamide) per gram dry weight of soil. The samples were 0.28, 0.36, 0.43, and 0.60 nmoles/g, respectively. bioassayed at 0, 14, 28, 42, 56, and 70 days for the level of Biodegradation of metalaxyl. With the exception of one soil phenylamide compound present. Actual concentrations of the (D1), most of the original 200 Mg of metalaxyl added was still acylanilides present in soils were calculated by reference to detected by the bioassay after 70 days in soils with no prior history standard curves of the growth responses of an isolate (P 1257) of of metalaxyl treatment. In contrast, in three out of five of the soils Phytophthora boehmeriae Sawada that were determined for each with a history of metalaxyl treatment, the fungicide could not be chemical. detected after 70 days (Figs. 1 and 2). The soil samples most active Al-C D1-C E7 CONTROL A2-M D2-M E E9 METALAXYL BI jflllM EI-C B2-M E2-M Ci c E3-C C2-M E4-M •0