Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (9): 2130-2148.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20221205

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pH value sensibility evaluation of pesticides hydrolysis half-life

LI Hui1(), HU Wenlan2, ZHANG Zhiheng1,*()   

  1. 1. Institute of Agro-Product Safety and Nutrition, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
    2. Gongshu District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310022, China
  • Received:2022-08-18 Online:2023-09-25 Published:2023-10-09
  • Contact: ZHANG Zhiheng

Abstract:

In order to quantify the influence of environmental pH value changes on pesticide half-life, a pH value sensibility index evaluation method was established based on pesticides half-life data under different environmental pH values. The sensibility was divided into seven grades including 3A, 2A, 1A, 0, 1B, 2B and 3B according to the index. The results of the evaluation of the hydrolysis half-life of 305 pesticides showed that the pH value sensibility index ranged from -1.67 to 3.31, the average was 0.50, and the average of absolute value for index was 0.60. The pH value sensibility index of the hydrolysis half-life of most pesticides was positive, which will promote hydrolysis when the pH value increased in the environment. Carbamate, diphenyl ethers and aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides, carbamate and pyrethroid insecticides, dicarboximidies and benzimidazole fungicides were particularly significant. However, triazine and sulfonylurea herbicides were unique and had a tendency to accelerate hydrolysis when the pH value decreased. The pH value sensibility index of pesticide half-life can directly reflect the influence degree of environmental pH value change on pesticide half-life.

Key words: pesticide, hydrolysis, pH value, half-life

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