… The role of soil moisture, light and pH on imidacloprid dissipation was … quantify imidacloprid
present in soil with a recovery of more than 82%. Rate of dissipation of imidacloprid from soil …

… Imidacloprid is water soluble, persistent in soil and relatively non-volatile under field conditions.
Imidacloprid … imidacloprid technical in buffer solutions of pH 4.0, 7.0 and 9 at 50 ± 0.5 ºC. …

… , is highly persistent in soils. In this study, the sorption of imidacloprid by six soils as well
as its … Transport and abiotic transformation of imidacloprid are of significant importance in …

… plays a preponderant buffering role in the fate of pesticides, and apart from volatilisation,
retention on soil particles and degradation (biotic and abiotic) are the main processes that …

… soil microbial community after imidacloprid application at the field rate (FR, 1 mg/kg soil) and
10 times the FR (10 × FR, 10 mg/kg soil… between biotic and abiotic factors are very complex …

… However, little is known about the effects of imidacloprid on soil microbial dynamics in rice
soil. In … in soil microbial population structure and soil enzymes upon imidacloprid application. …

… Once it reaches an environmental segment like water or sediment, a pesticide is acted
upon by biotic and / or abiotic factors prevalent and hence may undergo breakdown or …

… With respect to the degradation and transformation of imidacloprid in soil, some studies
showed that abiotic processes including sorption, photodegradation, and hydrolysis were mainly …

… In the present study, the effect of imidacloprid uptake from contaminated soils on the growth
… of imidacloprid (IMI) was in the order of vegetable shoots > vegetable roots > soil, indicating …

… the potential use of pure cultures of soil-isolated native bacterium B. alkalinitrilicus and also
its use along with natural soil microflora for remediation of imidacloprid-contaminated soils. …