Persistence and dissipation of pretilachlor in soil, plant and water of coastal rice ecosystem

Field and laboratory experiments were conducted to study the persistence and dissipation of pretilachlor in soil, straw and flood water. In soil, pretilachlor at 0.75 kg/ha dissipated to below detectable level (BDL) within 30 days after application (DAA) when applied along with green leaf manure, while in other treatments viz., pretilachlor at 0.75, 1.5 kg/ha alone and gypsum + pretilachlor at 1.5 kg/ha persisted up to 45 DAA (DAA). In the case of plant, pretilachlor at 0.75 kg/ha dissipated to below detectable limit at 30 DAA, while 1.5 kg/ha persisted up to 60 DAA. Irrespective of the treatments, pretilachlor dissipated to below detectable limit at 10 DAA in flood water. The half-life of pretilachlor varied from 3.9–10.0, 3.48.5, 0.87–1.52 days for soil, rice plant and flood water, respectively.