Persistence of azadirachtin-a in two biological systems used for culturing mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices

The disappearance of azadirachtin-A (AZA-A) was determined in the growth substrates of two biological systems in which one contained a gellan gum-based minimal medium (M-medium), and the other was vermiculite. AZA-A degradation in these media followed pseudo-first order kinetics. The half-life of te...

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Published in:Journal of environmental science and health. Part B, Pesticides, food contaminants, and agricultural wastes Pesticides, food contaminants, and agricultural wastes, 1997-01, Vol.32 (6), p.929-953
Main Authors: Wan, M.T., Rahe, J.E., Wong, C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
azadirachtin-A
Biological and medical sciences
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on plants and fungi
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Glomus intraradices
glomus intraradices, minimal medium
mycorrhiza
Non agrochemicals pollutants
persistence
Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection
Pollution effects and side effects of agrochemicals on crop plants and forest trees. Other anthropogenic factors
Pollution effects. Side effects of agrochemicals
vermiculite
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Summary:The disappearance of azadirachtin-A (AZA-A) was determined in the growth substrates of two biological systems in which one contained a gellan gum-based minimal medium (M-medium), and the other was vermiculite. AZA-A degradation in these media followed pseudo-first order kinetics. The half-life of technical AZA-A was 44.4 days in the M-medium system, which contained mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices growing on Ri T-DNA transformed roots of Daucus carota. In the vermiculite system, which contained the same species of symbiotic fungus growing on the roots of Allium porrum, the half-lives ranged from 13.2 to 46.2 days for technical and formulated AZA-A. There was evidence to suggest the occurrence of unidentified AZA-A conversion products in the treated and aged substrates of the two systems, as well as the presence of AZA-B residues in products formulated with natural neem extracts. The persistence of AZA-A in these biological systems is discussed in the context of using them to evaluate the non-target effects of this compound on vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.
ISSN:0360-1234
1532-4109
DOI:10.1080/03601239709373121