Changes in the concentrations of [''*C]carbonylisoproturon and its degradation products in a clay-loam soil and in soil solution during incubation at 11°C and 18°C for 6 weeks, were measured following solvent extraction and soil solution sampling with glass microfibre filters. During herbicide degradation, ' "^CCh was released (up to 20%) and unextractable radioactivity increased (up to 30%). Monomethyl isoproturon was the main metabolite in soil followed by metabolite X5 (possibly hydroxy di-desmethyl isoproturon). Isoproturon and monomethyl isoproturon were mainly adsorbed by soil whereas metabolite X5 was found mainly in the soil solution. Isoproturon concentrations declined in both soil and soil solution, but the percentage of the residual herbicide dissolved in the soil solution decreased from 26 to 15%. At low temperature, herbicide degradation occurred more slowly, and the degradation products were generally less abundant. However metabolite X5 was present at unexpectedly high levels, particularly in the soil solution.

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