Journal article
Environmental fate of fungicides in surface waters of a horticultural-production catchment in Southeastern Australia
AM Wightwick, AD Bui, P Zhang, G Rose, M Allinson, JH Myers, SM Reichman, NW Menzies, V Pettigrove, G Allinson
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology | Published : 2012
Abstract
Fungicides are regularly applied in horticultural production systems and may migrate off-site, potentially posing an ecological risk to surface waterways. However, few studies have investigated the fate of fungicides in horticultural catchments. This study investigated the presence of 24 fungicides at 18 sites during a 5-month period within a horticultural catchment in southeastern Australia. Seventeen of the 24 fungicides were detected in the waterways, with fungicides detected in 63% of spot water samples, 44% of surface sediment samples, and 44% of the passive sampler systems deployed. One third of the water samples contained residues of two or more fungicides. Myclobutanil, trifloxystrob..
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Awarded by Australia (DPI) Future Farming Systems Research Key Project FF104 Accountable Agriculture
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was supported by Melbourne Water; the Department of Primary Industries VIC, Australia (DPI) Future Farming Systems Research Key Project FF104 Accountable Agriculture (Project MIS No. 06889, 08162); and the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (We also acknowledge Simon Phelan and David Allen (DPI, Werribee) for assistance with sample analysis as well as Steve Marshall and other staff from University of Melbourne for their help with field sampling.