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Persistent Herbicides
Exploiting Plant Metabolism for the Phytoremediation of Persistent Herbicides
Julian O.D. Coleman; Carla Frova; Peter Schroeder; Michel Tissut
Corresponding author:: Dr. Peter Schröder, GSF-Institute for Soil Ecology, GSF Research Centre for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, D-85764, Germany; e-mail: peter.schroeder@gsf.de
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/espr2001.09.084.5 - - -
Weed control by herbicides has helped us to create the green revolution and to provide food for at least the majority of human beings living today. However, some herbicides remain in the environment and pose an ecological problem. The present review describes the properties and fate of four representative herbicides known to be presistent in ecosystems. Metabolic networks are depiced and it is concluded that removal of these comopounds by the ecologically friendly technique of phytoremediation is possible. The largest problem is seen in the uptake of the compounds into suitable plants and the time needed for such an approach. | | Keywords: atrazine; chloroacetanilides; isoproturon; metolachlor; persistent herbicides; phytoremediation; plant metabolism |
9 ESPR (1) 18-28 (2002)
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