The use of pesticides to manage diseases, pests, weeds, etc. has become a common practice around the world. Nevertheless, this usage also leads to wide discussions as it poses danger to the environment because they might end up in the atmosphere, soil, ground water and surface water. The mobile pesticides form a major problem for the environment. Alternatives like other organic agrochemicals or controlled release of pesticides including the reduction in the amount of active ingredients are being looked for. Current research bases on the use of nanoparticles.  Here we looked in particular to zeolites, and their potential role in agriculture. Zeolites represent a broad range of microporous, crystalline aluminosilicates of natural or synthetic origin. Generally, their structure can be considered as an inorganic polymer built from [SiO4]4- and [AlO4]5- tetrahedral, linked by the sharing oxygen atoms. The present study compares different types of zeolites on adsorption capacity for the pesticides imidacloprid, isoproturon, bentazone, bifenthrin, clopyralid, linuron, metalaxyl-M and fenpropimoph. Finally, desorption is taken into account which may lead to an ideal solution to use  zeolites for slow release formulations.

Zeolites in crop protection

248th National Meeting (2014)

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