The degradation of linuron in sandy soil

Authors

• Helvi Heinonen-Tanski Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Kuopio, POB 6, SF-70211 Kuopio, Finland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23986/afsci.72350

Abstract

The degradation of linuron occurs both in aerobic and anaerobic sandy soil with a slight lag when the conditions change from aerobic to anaerobic or from anaerobic to aerobic. Liming was found to stimulate the degradation rate of linuron so clearly that liming can be recommended for acceleration of linuron degradation as a normal agricultural treatment, particularly in sandy soils.