Microbial catabolism of chemical herbicides: microbial resources, metabolic pathways and catabolic genes

X Huang, J He, X Yan, Q Hong, K Chen, Q He… - Pesticide biochemistry …, 2017 - Elsevier
Chemical herbicides are widely used to control weeds and are frequently detected as
contaminants in the environment. Due to their toxicity, the environmental fate of herbicides is …

Water analysis: emerging contaminants and current issues

SD Richardson, TA Ternes - Analytical chemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
■ BACKGROUND This biennial review covers developments in water analysis for emerging
environmental contaminants over the period of 2011− 2013. Analytical Chemistry's policy is …

A systemic assessment of the environmental impacts and remediation strategies for chloroacetanilide herbicides

SS Mohanty, HM Jena - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Chloroacetanilide class of herbicides such as acetochlor, alachlor and butachlor, widely
used for the control of unwanted grasses and weeds in various crop cultivations, are …

Characterization of acetochlor degradation and role of microbial communities in biofilters with varied substrate types

H Liu, X Wang, Y Ou, L Cheng, X Hou, L Yan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Northeast China has a large area of cultivated land, and the application of various chemical
herbicides is very high. As a high-efficiency herbicide widely used in dry fields, its residue in …

Anaerobic biodegradation of acetochlor by acclimated sludge and its anaerobic catabolic pathway

J Liu, X Zhang, J Xu, J Qiu, J Zhu, H Cao… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Acetochlor is a chloroacetamide herbicide that has been widely used for weed control in
recent decades. The contamination from its residue in the environment has raised major …

Enhanced simultaneous removal of cadmium, lead, and acetochlor in hyporheic zones with calcium peroxide coupled with zero-valent iron: Mechanisms and …

C Hou, J Zhao, Y Zhang, Y Qian, J Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The hyporheic zone is a key area for water circulation. However, hyporheic zone pollution is
widespread all over the world and remediations of hyporheic zones, when polluted by both …

Degradation of acetochlor in soil by adding organic fertilizers with different conditioners

J Feng, J Sun, J Xu, H Wang - Soil and Tillage Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Adding compost to degrade acetochlor in soil is an important way to reduce its impact on the
environment. The addition of conditioner improved the generation of compost products with …

Current insights into environmental acetochlor toxicity and remediation strategies

WJ Chen, SF Chen, H Song, Z Li, X Luo… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Acetochlor is a selective pre-emergent herbicide that is widely used to control annual grass
and broadleaf weeds. However, due to its stable chemical structure, only a small portion of …

Photochemical transformations of dichloroacetamide safeners

AE Kral, NC Pflug, ME McFadden… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dichloroacetamide safeners are commonly added to commercial chloroacetamide herbicide
formulations and widely used worldwide, but their environmental fate has garnered little …

A comparative assessment of the transformation products of S-metolachlor and its commercial product Mercantor Gold® and their fate in the aquatic environment by …

L Gutowski, O Olsson, C Leder, K Kümmerer - Science of The Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Even appropriately used, pesticides can enter the surface and groundwater by several
routes where photochemical degradation along with biotic processes contributes to their …