Dissipation and residues of flumetsulam in wheat and soil

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2012 Jun;88(6):897-901. doi: 10.1007/s00128-012-0601-3. Epub 2012 Mar 30.

Abstract

A residue analytical method for the determination of flumetsulam in wheat and soil was developed using gas chromatography with electron capture detector (GC-ECD). The limit of detection of the analytical method was 0.001 ng, and the limit of quantification was 0.005, 0.01 mg/kg for soil and wheat grain, respectively. The mean recoveries from soil and wheat ranged from 83.85 % to 107.2 % with average relative standard deviation ranging from 1.87 % to 8.09 %. The method was successfully applied to determine the residual level and dissipation rate of flumetsulam in the soil and wheat. The half-life in soil was 23.1 days with a dissipation rate of 69 % over 35 days. At harvest time, the residue levels of flumetsulam in wheat grain and soil from high dosage plot were 0.031 and 0.045 mg/kg, respectively. The flumetsulam residues could not be detected from low dosage plot. Direct confirmation of the analyte in real samples was achieved by GC-ECD.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Food Contamination / analysis
  • Herbicides / analysis*
  • Herbicides / chemistry
  • Models, Chemical
  • Pesticide Residues / analysis
  • Pesticide Residues / chemistry
  • Pyrimidines / analysis*
  • Pyrimidines / chemistry
  • Risk Assessment
  • Soil / chemistry
  • Soil Pollutants / analysis*
  • Soil Pollutants / chemistry
  • Sulfonamides / analysis*
  • Sulfonamides / chemistry
  • Triticum / chemistry*

Substances

  • Herbicides
  • Pesticide Residues
  • Pyrimidines
  • Soil
  • Soil Pollutants
  • Sulfonamides
  • N-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-5-methyl(1,2,4)-triazol(1,5-a)pyrimidine-2-sulfonamide