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Fig. 16.38 Parathion recovered after 30-min equilibration with soils pre-flooded for different
periods (Wahid et al.
1980
)
Fig. 16.39 Gas chromatograms of parathion and its products formed in nonsterile aerobic soil
and in nonsterile and sterile (autoclaved) samples of pre-reduced (anaerobic) soil after 30-min
equilibration (Wahid et al.
1980
)
Atrazine (6-chloro-N
2
-ethyl-N
4
isopropyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine) is a her-
bicide from the family of s-triazines, used frequently for weed control and applied
areally or as a point source on the land surface. The abiotic transformation of
