PESTICIDE OCCURRENCE IN GROUNDWATER NEAR IRRIGATED RICE FIELDS. The objective this study was to monitor pesticide residues in groundwater at three different times and in seven regions producing rice in southern Brazil, in the 2007/08 season. Imazethapyr and fipronil were found in all regions studied. All groundwater samples from the Planície Costeira Interna to Lagoa dos Patos and Santa Catarina contained at least one pesticide. The lowest number of contaminated samples were detected in the Southern region. The highest frequency of contaminated samples was found after drainage of the rice fields. Only fipronil exceeded limits of potability, in 27% of samples, according European Community criteria.

SUMMARYIndex terms: greenhouse gas, flooding irrigation, intermittent irrigation, redox potential.(

Os herbicidas do grupo das imidazolinonas são amplamente utilizados no cultivo de arroz irrigado para o controle das principais plantas daninhas. Esses herbicidas comportam-se como ácidos ou bases fracas, dependendo do pH, podendo, dessa forma, influenciar na sua lixiviação. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito da elevação do pH, através da calagem, na lixiviação de imazethapyr e imazapyr em solo de cultivo de arroz irrigado. Foram coletadas amostras indeformadas de solo com pH natural próximo a 4,8 em uma lavoura de arroz irrigado sem histórico de aplicação de imidazolinonas. As colunas de solo foram coletadas utilizando-se um extrator e constituíram-se nas unidades experimentais da primeira fase do experimento. O experimento foi conduzido em casa de vegetação, arranjado em esquema fatorial, sendo o fator A constituído por solo com pH natural e solo com calagem. O fator B foi constituído pelos herbicidas imazethapyr e imazapyr (todos a 100g i.a. ha-1), aplicados sobre a superfície das colunas de solo. O fator C foi constituído das profundidades de amostragem (5 em 5cm). Os resultados mostram que a alteração do pH influencia na lixiviação dos herbicidas testados, quando aplicados em solo de cultivo de arroz irrigado. O solo calcareado apresenta maior lixiviação dos herbicidas imazapyr e imazethapyr.

Cyhalofop-butyl stands out among the herbicides in the control of imidazolinone-resistant Echinochloa species; but, rice farmers are not always satisfied with the control achieved with this herbicide. The objectives were to evaluate in regional scale the susceptibility of Echinochloa populations to cyhalofop-butyl, and quantify the effect of the weed phenology on its efficacy of control. For this, three trials were carried out under greenhouse conditions with a fully random design, using Echinochloa populations collected in rice fields in the southern region of Brazil. In two trials, the susceptibility level of 156 (2012/13 growth season) and 103 (2013/14 growth season) populations were evaluated with the application of cyhalofop-butyl at 360g ha-1. In other trial, in which treatments were arranged in a bi-factorial design (A = 6 x B = 5), it was evaluated six cyhalofop-butyl rates and five phenological stages of E. crus-galli populations. Echinochloa populations had showed differential susceptibility to cyhalofop-butyl, especially in the 2013/14 growth season, where 20 out of the 103 populations had control lower than 90%. The efficacy of this herbicide was inversely proportional to the phenological stage, and the application timing delay contributed directly to the decrease of susceptibility to the herbicide. Cyhalofop-butyl is an effective alternative to control imidazolinone-resistant Echinochloa populations, as long as the application timing occurs in the early phenological stages (2 to 4 leaves).

-Herbicides used in Clearfield ® rice system may persist in the environment, damaging non-tolerant crops sown in succession and/or rotation. These damages vary according to soil characteristics, climate and soil management. The thickness of the soil profile may affect carryover effect; deeper soils may allow these molecules to leach, reaching areas below the roots absorption zone. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the thickness of soil profile in the carryover of imazethapyr + imazapic on ryegrass and nontolerant rice, sown in succession and rotation to rice, respectively. Lysimeters of different thicknesses (15, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 65 cm) were constructed, where 1 L ha -1 of the imazethapyr + imazapic formulated mixture was applied in tolerant rice. Firstly, imidazolinone-tolerant rice was planted, followed by ryegrass and non-tolerant rice in succession and rotation, respectively. Herbicide injury, height reduction and dry weight of non-tolerant species were assessed. There was no visual symptoms of herbicide injury on ryegrass sown 128 days after the herbicide application; however it causes dry weight mass reduction of plants. The herbicides persist in the soil and cause injury in non-tolerant rice, sown 280 days after application, and the deeper the soil profile, the lower the herbicides injury on irrigated rice.Keywords: degradation, imidazolinone, Lolium multiflorum, leaching, Oryza sativa. (15, 20, 30, 40, 50 RESUMO -Os herbicidas usados na cultura do arroz