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Atrazine is the most commonly used herbicide for maize in France. Although atrazine and other s-triazines have been termed as recalcitrant (Kaufman and Kearney, 1970), biodegradation remains the principal process of atrazine dissipation in soils, as for the other pesticides. A large variety of soil microorganisms are able to degrade atrazine partially by N-dealkylation or dehalogenation reactions (Kaufman and Kearney, 1970; Behki and Khan, 1986; Mougin et at., 1994). Recently, complete mineralization of the triazine ring has been reported (Gschwind, 1992; Mandelbaum et al., 1993a; Mandelbaum et al., 1995; Radosevich et al., 1995). Ring cleavage apparently occurs only after hydroxylation (Kaufman and Kearney, 1970). The formation of hydroxyatrazine has been thought to be of chemical origin, occurring in acidic conditions and involving acid functions of humic substances (Khan, 1978). Recently its microbial formation has been demonstrated also (Mandelbaum et al., 1993b).
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Houot, S., Barriuso, E., Bergheaud, V. (1999). Modification of Herbicide Mineralization and Extractability in Soil by Addition of Organic Matter in Model Experiments. In: Berthelin, J., Huang, P.M., Bollag, JM., Andreux, F. (eds) Effect of Mineral-Organic-Microorganism Interactions on Soil and Freshwater Environments. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4683-2_26
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