Paper · 1965 · Weeds

Effect of Sunlight on the Phytotoxicity of Some Phenylurea and Triazine Herbicides on a Soil Surface

R. D. Comes; F. L. Timmons

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Abstract

Toxicity to oats of atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine), simazine (2-chloro-4,6-bis(ethylamino)-s-triazine), diuron (3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea), monuron (3-(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea), and fenuron (3-phenyl-1,1-dimethylurea), exposed to sunlight on soil surface for 25 days was significantly decreased even when surface soil temperatures did not exceed 120 F. Only atrazine and monuron exhibited significantly less phytotoxicity after 60 days exposure than after 25 days. Simazine phytotoxicity also was significantly reduced when held on soil in the dark for 60 days. With the exception of fenuron, there was no difference between treatments within compounds when soil temperatures reached maximums as high as 180 F. Under these conditions, phytotoxicity of the herbicides was reduced 65 to 97 percent by all exposures.

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Claims 6

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Exposure to sunlight on the soil surface for 25 days significantly decreased the toxicity to oats of atrazine, simazine and diuron, even at surface soil temperatures not above 120 F.

Treatment
exposed to sunlight on soil surface for 25 dayse0
Outcome
Toxicity to oatse2
Direction
decreasede0
Qualifier
atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine), simazine (2-chloro-4,6-bis(ethylamino)-s-triazine), diurone1

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Avena sativa
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“Toxicity to oats”

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“exposed to sunlight on soil surface for 25 days was significantly decreased even when surface soil temperatures did not exceed 120 F”

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“atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine), simazine (2-chloro-4,6-bis(ethylamino)-s-triazine), diuron”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Exposure to sunlight on the soil surface for 25 days significantly decreased the toxicity to oats of monuron and fenuron, even at surface soil temperatures not above 120 F.

Treatment
exposed to sunlight on soil surface for 25 dayse0
Outcome
Toxicity to oatse2
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decreasede0
Qualifier
monuron (3-(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea), and fenurone1

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Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Toxicity to oats”

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“exposed to sunlight on soil surface for 25 days was significantly decreased even when surface soil temperatures did not exceed 120 F”

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“monuron (3-(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea), and fenuron”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Only atrazine and monuron showed significantly less phytotoxicity after 60 days of sunlight exposure than after 25 days.

Treatment
60 days exposuree0
Outcome
phytotoxicitye0
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lesse0
Qualifier
Only atrazine and monurone0
Comparator
25 dayse0

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Avena sativa
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“Toxicity to oats”

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“Only atrazine and monuron exhibited significantly less phytotoxicity after 60 days exposure than after 25 days”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Simazine phytotoxicity was significantly reduced when the herbicide was held on soil in the dark for 60 days.

Treatment
held on soil in the dark for 60 dayse0
Outcome
Simazine phytotoxicitye0
Direction
reducede0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Toxicity to oats”

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“Simazine phytotoxicity also was significantly reduced when held on soil in the dark for 60 days”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

With the exception of fenuron, there was no difference between treatments within compounds when soil temperatures reached maximums as high as 180 F.

Treatment
soil temperatures reached maximums as high as 180 Fe0
Outcome
difference between treatments within compoundse0
Direction
no differencee0
Qualifier
With the exception of fenurone0

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Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Toxicity to oats”

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“With the exception of fenuron, there was no difference between treatments within compounds when soil temperatures reached maximums as high as 180 F”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Under the high soil temperature conditions, herbicide phytotoxicity was reduced by 65 to 97 percent by all exposures.

Treatment
all exposurese0
Outcome
phytotoxicity of the herbicidese0
Direction
reducede0
Value
65 to 97 percente0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Avena sativa
Avena sativa · TaxonSendelbach ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Toxicity to oats”

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“phytotoxicity of the herbicides was reduced 65 to 97 percent by all exposures”

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