UPTAKE AND DISSIPATION OF TRIALLATE AND TRIFLURALIN VAPORS BY WHEAT UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS
The uptake and dissipation of triallate and trifluralin in the shoots of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grown in treated soil were monitored over a growing season. Maximum concentrations of both herbicides, detected at the four-leaf stage of the wheat, were 35.2 ± 5.8 and 10.5 ± 1.4 μg kg−1 for triallate and trifluralin, respectively. Residues had decreased by the six-leaf stage and then, because of continuous uptake of vapor by the crop, remained essentially constant through to heading. Maximum amounts of both herbicides, on a milligram per hectare basis, were detected in the aboveground portions of the crop at heading and were in the order of 0.01% of the amounts applied to the soil. No residues of either herbicide were detected in the mature grain.Key words: Triallate, trifluralin, vapor, uptake, wheat, residues