文摘
Adsorption of six acidic and four basic pesticides was measured in nine temperate soils. In general,sorption of acids was weak as compared to bases and followed the order dicamba < metsulfuron-methyl < fluazifop-P < metribuzin < 2,4-D < flupyrsulfuron-methyl < fluroxypyr < terbutryn <pirimicarb < fenpropimorph. Adsorption was negatively correlated with soil pH and positively correlatedwith organic carbon content. Statistical analysis against a wide range of soil and pesticide descriptorswas used to identify the best combination of properties that describes the variation in adsorption. Aregression equation including Log D (lipophilicity corrected for pH), the soil organic carbon content,and a pesticide descriptor (related to the van der Waals volume) was selected to predict the adsorptionof acids (r2 = 72.1% on an independent dataset). The behavior of bases was more complex, andapproaches specific to each compound seem to be required.