Table 1. Selected physical properties and chemical characteristics of surface soils.

Location

pHa

HMa

OMb

CECa

sa

si

c

 

--------%--------

meq/100g

--------%--------

Mississippi

7.8

0.18

1.8

17.3

40

34

26

Tennessee

6.3

0.39

1.5

6.4

38

40

22

aDetermined by North Carolina State Dep. Agric., Agronomic Div. Raleigh, NC 27607. PH 1:1 soil:water; particle size analysis: hydrometer method; HM, humic matter: NaOH/DTPA (diethlenetriaminepentaacetic acid)/alcohol extraction method. (1984. Commun. Soil. Sci. Plant Anal. 15:1417-1422); CEC, cation exchange capacity: summation of exchangeable cations. (1984. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 15:1409-1416).
bDetermined by A & L Agric. Lab. Inc. Omaha, NE 68114. OM, organic matter; Modified Walkley-Black method. (Reference soil test methods for the southern region of the United States. South. Coop. Ser. Bull 289.)


Table 2. Rainfall amounts for Mississippi and Tennessee locations.

Time

Mississippi

Tennessee

1988

1989

1990

1988

1989

DAT

------------mm------------

0-15

0

133

94

16

69

16-30

0

80

35

12

51

31-45

50

108

10

82

43

46-60

86

74

86

47

35

61-75

39

42

24

34

149

76-90

63

4

6

15

106

91-105

41

25

0

58

40

106-120

69

71

23

36

31

120-135

101

122

28

19

73

Total

449

659

306

319

597




Table 3. Imazaquin degradation regression equations for all locations and cropping systems in 1988, 1989, and 1990.

Year

Tillage
systema

Mississippi

Tennessee

R2

Equation

R2

Equation

1988

CT

0.78

Yb=1.73 + 0.010Xc

0.53

Y=1.38-0.0009X

NT

0.43

Y=1.33-0.007X

0.54

Y=1.17-0.006X

1989

CT

0.41

Y=1.50-0.006X

0.39

Y=1.10-0.011X

NT

0.29

Y=1.54-0.05X

0.57

Y=1.06-0.013X

1990

CT

0.32

Y=1.46-0.009X

 

 

NT

0.58

Y=1.46-0.04X

 

 

aCropping systems: CT = conventional tillage monocrop soybean; NT = no-till soybean planted directly into wheat residue.
bLog of the herbicide concentration + 1 in ppb.
cDays after initial herbicide application.


Table 4. Imazaquin initial predicted concentrations and first half-life values for all locations and cropping systems in 1988, 1989, and 1990.

Year

Tillage
systema

Mississippi

Tennessee

Day 0
concentration

Initial
half-life

Day 0
concentration

Initial
half-life

 

 

ppb

days

ppb

days

1988

CT

52.7

30

23.0

34

NT

20.4

43

13.8

50

1989

CT

30.6

50

11.6

28

NT

33.7

61

10.5

24

1990

CT

27.8

34

 

 

NT

27.2

75

 

 

aCropping systems: CT = conventional tillage monocrop soybean; NT = no-till soybean planted directly into wheat residue.