Pesticide Behavior, Fate, and Effects in the Tropics: An Overview of the Current State of Knowledge

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• 作者：Stephen E. Lewis ; D. Mark Silburn ; Rai S. Kookana ; Melanie Shaw
• 刊名：Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 25, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：64
• 期：20
• 页码：3917-3924
• 全文大小：379K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1520-5118

文摘

This special issue presents a collection of papers covering the environmental fate, effects, and risk of pesticides in tropical environments, which is expected to facilitate improved management of pesticides. Environmental monitoring programs of surface and ground waters in the tropics, including areas of high ecological value, have detected several relatively polar pesticides at concentrations that are of ecological concern. Novel monitoring techniques have the capacity to reveal the spatial and temporal extent of such risks. To best manage these pesticides, their sorption, dissipation rates, leaching, and runoff potential need to be better understood. On these aspects, important insights have been provided by several studies within this issue. Improved understanding of the environmental fate, effects, and risks through studies presented in this special issue is crucial for minimizing the nontarget impacts of pesticides on biodiversity-rich tropical regions.