Nanoengineered Sorbents To Increase the Persistence of the Allelochemical Carvone in the Rhizosphere

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Abstract
This study investigates the changes in sorption/desorption, dissipation and leaching of the two enantiomeric forms of the allelochemical carvone, R-carvone and S-carvone, after amending an agricultural soil sample with two nanoengineered sorbents: biochar (BC) and organoclay (OCl). The sorption of carvone enantiomers was non-enantioselective and similarly improved by the addition of OCl and BC to the soil. However, OCl-amended soil showed reversible sorption, whereas BC-amended soil displayed sorption-desorption hysteresis. Dissipation of carvone enantiomers was enantioselective. Both amendments increased the half-life of the enantiomers in the soil. This effect was more pronounced for BC-amended soil and for S-carvone. Leaching of R- and S-carvone through soil columns was scarce in unamended soil (< 7%), due to their rapid degradation during leaching, and null for OCl- and BC-amended soil, for which much of the applied R- and S-carvone remained in the top 0-5 cm amended soil layer. Addition of biochars and organoclays could help increase the persistence of carvone enantiomers in the rhizosphere, which may favor their use as residual pest management substances.
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  • Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovaci?n y Universidades (AGL2017-82141-R, IJCI-2015-23309)

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