Fate of Atrazine in Sandy Soil Cropped with Sorghum
O.S. Mbuyaa,
P. Nkedi-Kizzab and
K.J. Bootec
a Center for Water Quality, Florida A&M Univ., Tallahassee, FL 32307-4100
b Dep. of Soil and Water Science, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0290
c Dep. of Agronomy, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0500

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Fig. 1. Daily rainfall and application and sampling dates of atrazine and bromide at the Irrigation Research and Education Park during the 1991 growing season
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Fig. 2. Linear adsorption isotherms of atrazine for soils from different depths at the Irrigation and Education Park in Gainesville, Florida
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Fig. 3. Degradation of atrazine in Millihopper topsoil (A) and subsoil (B) from the Irrigation and Education Park under controlled laboratory conditions
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Fig. 4. Water stored within the 0- to 90-cm soil depth in a sorghum field under three water management regimes between 13 May and 15 July 1991
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Fig. 5. Bromide concentrations within the 0- to 90-cm soil depth over time in a sorghum field under optimum irrigation in Gainesville, Florida
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Fig. 6. Atrazine concentrations at different soil depths under three water management regimes at the Irrigation and Education Park in Gainesville, Florida
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Fig. 7. Atrazine concentrations within the 0- to 90-cm soil depth in a sorghum field under three water management regimes in Gainesville, Florida
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