Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) are experiencing population declines throughout their range. Xenobiotics could be an important risk factor for lamprey populations. Our goal was to establish if common herbicides, as used in forest management, could affect reproductive fitness. We determined that atrazine was a likely compound of greatest concern to lamprey populations. Using an odorant response behavioral assay we were able to demonstrate that environmentally relevant concentrations of atrazine caused a depressed response to adult lamprey holding tank effluent, likely pheromones. Atrazine also depressed their activity level; the number of times they crossed into the effluent arm after being treated with atrazine was significantly lower than controls. In addition, activity level post exposure to atrazine differed between adult life history stages, something which was not significantly different during control trials. Using an odorant detection assay, based on evaluating ventilation rate, we were able to show that environmentally relevant concentrations of atrazine caused a significant increase in ventilatory response to a repulsive odorant, a conspecific necromone. Through the detection study we also showed that lamprey,exposed to atrazine, had a slight increase in ventilatory response to odor from adult lamprey. If we are concerned about the decline in Pacific lamprey populations, then we should logically be concerned with their exposure to atrazine in the environment. / Graduation date: 2012

Dans le domaine des capteurs chimiques et biologiques, les besoins toujours croissants en termes de sensibilité, de rapidité et de sélectivité de l’analyse nécessitent le développement de couches sensibles transductrices de plus en plus performantes. Dans ce contexte et dans l’optique de pouvoir détecter de petites molécules non électroactives, telles que l’atrazine (ATZ), nous avons conçu, caractérisé et développé des couches sensibles constituées de polymères conducteurs fonctionnalisés à empreintes moléculaires (MICP) et les avons intégrées au sein de capteurs électrochimiques et gravimétriques. A partir de solutions d’acétonitrile contenant de l’ATZ, molécule empreinte en interaction avec des monomères fonctionnels dérivés du thiophène (FM = TMA, TAA, EDOT, TMeOH ou Th), différents polythiophènes FM-MICP de structures et de fonctionnalités différentes ont été électrosynthétisés sur substrats d’or et utilisés pour la détection de l’ATZ. Nous avons montré que les propriétés de reconnaissance des FM-MICP résultaient de la présence en leur sein d’empreintes moléculaires, fonctionnalisées par les résidus FM, qui conservaient la mémoire géométrique et fonctionnelle des molécules cibles. Néanmoins, une adsorption non-spécifique se produit systématiquement à la surface des couches sensibles et affecte par conséquent la sélectivité de la reconnaissance. Les techniques de caractérisation de surface employées nous ont permis de mettre en évidence l’influence de l’épaisseur et des propriétés structurales des couches sensibles sur l’efficacité de la détection. En outre, nous avons montré que du fait de la porosité de la couche polymère, le processus de reconnaissance se produisait en volume. Par ailleurs, des mesures électrochimiques corrélées à des calculs semi-empiriques ont permis de démontrer l’influence de la nature de FM d’abord sur la force de l’interaction ATZ-FM au sein de la solution de pré-polymérisation, ensuite sur le nombre d’empreintes moléculaires et enfin sur la sensibilité des FM-MICP vis-à-vis de l’ATZ. La couche TAA-MICP, qui présente un faible seuil de détection (10-9 mol L-1) ainsi qu’une large gamme dynamique (10-8 à 10-4 mol L-1), est la plus performante des couches sensibles puisqu’elle offre le meilleur compromis entre une détection spécifique de l’ATZ relativement élevée et une adsorption non-spécifique relativement faible. Enfin, le TAA-MICP a été utilisé comme couche sensible au sein d’un capteur électrochimique original à ondes acoustiques de surface (ESAW) dans l’optique de réaliser des mesures gravimétriques et électrochimiques couplées et simultanées. / In the field of chemical and biological sensors, the increased need for better sensitivity, faster response and higher selectivity during an analysis process, requires the development of more and more efficient transducing sensing layers. In this context, and with the aim to detect small non-electroactive molecules, such as atrazine (ATZ), we designed, characterized and developed sensing layers constituted by functionalized Molecularly Imprinted Conducting Polymers (MICP) and we integrated them into electrochemical and gravimetrical sensors. Starting from acetonitrile pre-polymerization media containing ATZ as template molecules in the presence of thiophene-based functional monomers (FM, namely TMA, TAA, EDOT, TMeOH or Th), differently functionalized and structurally different polythiophene-based FM-MICP films were electrosynthesized onto gold substrates and used for ATZ detection. The sensing properties of FM-MICP layers were shown to result from the presence in their backbones of pre-shaped FM-functionalized imprinted cavities which keep the memory of the targets. Nevertheless, non-specific adsorption onto the surface of the sensing layers takes place systematically, which affects the selectivity of the recognition process. Thanks to surface characterization techniques, we highlighted the influence of the thickness and of the structural properties of the layers on the efficiency of the recognition process. Besides, this latter was shown to operate in the bulk of the polymer matrixes thanks to layers porosity. On another hand, electrochemical measurements correlated with semi-empirical calculations demonstrated the influence of the nature of FM on the strength of the ATZ-FM interaction in the pre-polymerization medium, and then on the number of ATZ molecular imprints and on the sensitivity towards ATZ of the FM-MICP layers. We showed that TAA-MICP, which presents a low limit of detection (10-9 mol L-1) and a large dynamic range (10-8 to 10-4 mol L-1), is the best sensing layer since it offers the best compromise between high level of specific detection of ATZ and low level of non-specific adsorption. Finally, TAA-MICP was used as sensitive layer in an original Electrochemical Surface Acoustic Wave sensor (ESAW) which enabled simultaneous coupled gravimetric and electrochemical measurements.

Ce sujet de recherche vise mieux comprendre les processus de bio remédiation qui participent à la réduction des charges en polluants dans les écosystèmes aquatiques du type zones humides, en tant que question d'actualité en ingénierie écologique. L'efficacité des processus de phytoremédiation a été largement démontrée par des applications individuelles sur le sol et les sédiments. Cette thèse a pour objectif de démontrer la participation d'une population d'invertébrés dans l'efficacité de la réduction de polluants des sédiments aquatiques en combinant le processus de bioturbation avec la phytoremédiation. Les hypotheses de recherche ont été testée expérimentalement en conditions de laboratoire à l'aide d'une série de microcosmes reproduisant chacun une portion d'interface eau/ sédiments similaire aux conditions en zones humides. Dans nos expériences, la bioturbation est réalisée par une population d'oligochètes Tubificidae bien connue comme un ingénieur écologique. La phytoremédiation associée est effectuée par une plante aquatique Typha latifolia connue pour sa capacité à extraire les polluants organiques et inorganiques des sédiments par l'accumulation dans leur biomasse. L'influence de cette biodiversité sur les flux et bilan de masse de polluants modèles, a été démontré à l'aide de 2 expériences de laboratoire mettant en oeuvre des séries de microcosmes contaminées avec du Cadmium en tant que métal trace avec une concentration initiale de 20 µg.L-1, dans l'eau surnageante, et de l'atrazine marquée avec une concentration de 5 µg.g-1 de sédiment frais en tant que micropolluant organique persistant et herbicide. Les résultats de ces expériences démontrent que le bio-transport créé par la population de tubificidae ainsi que la bioremédiation sont toujours actifs en présence de contamination ce qui confirme le potentiel de dévelopement de ces organismes en ingénierie écologique. La bioadvection du sédiment et des contaminants par les tubificidae est quantifiée grâce à l'utilisation de luminophores (traceurs particulaires). [...] / The development of efficient bioremediation techniques to reduce pollutant loads in aquatic ecosystems is a challenging research question for ecological engineering. The accuracy of phytoremediation processes has been primarily demonstrated by individual applications on soils or water sediments. The present Ph.D. aims to demonstrate the interest of additional bioturbation combined to phytoremediation processes for the improvement bioremediation efficiency of aquatic sediments. This strategy benefits are tested experimentally in controlled laboratory conditions with a serie of microcosms reproducing each a portion of water/sediment interface such as in wetland areas. In our experiments, bioturbation was carried out by a conveyor-belt invertebrate population, the tubificidae oligochaetes Tubifex tubifex, well known as an active ecological engineer. The phytoremediation was conducted by the riparian plant Typha latifolia known for its ability to remove organic and inorganic pollutants from sediments by accumulation into its biomass. The experiments were managed to demonstrate the effects of this biological influence (plant and inveterbrate) on the mass balances and fluxes of one metal and one pesticide as models of pollutants. Cadmium as a heavy, inorganic and conservative metal pollutant was introduced as a pulse input in the overlying water of the contaminated microcosms, with a cadmium concentration of 20 µg.L-1 in at the initial time of the experiment that lasted one month. In a second experiment, atrazine was mixed in the whole sediment column at the initial time in order to reach a concentration of 5 µg.g-1 of fresh sediment as a source of organic micropollutant and herbicide in the microcosms. The pesticide was radiolabeled with 14C. Fluxes from water to sediment, and from sediment to plants were assessed in experimental conditions with several treatments (+/- plants, +/- bioturbation, +/- pollutants) allowing to demonstrate the effects of the biological influence. Our results indicated that the tubificids and the related bioremediation influences are still efficient under cadmium and atrazine contaminations in aquatic systems. Biotransport due to tubificids changed the distribution of cadmium across the sediment column and enhanced the pumping of cadmium from the water to surface sediment and then to the anoxic underlying sediment surrounding the plant roots. [...]

Dans cette étude la dégradation du 2,4-D et de l'atrazine photoinduite par le complexe entre le fer et l'EDDS a été étudiée. Nous avons tout d'abord caractérisé de manière physicochimique ce complexe en solution aqueuse et évalué la vitesse de production des radicaux hydroxyles sous irradiation. La dégradation du 2,4-D a également été étudiée sous irradiation en présence de goethite avec ou sans EDDS. Enfin une comparaison de l'efficacité de photodégradation de l'atrazine entre deux complexes de fer Fe-EDDS et Fe-acide pyruvique complète ce travail de thèse. Dans toutes les parties de ce travail nous avons systématiquement étudié l'influence de différents paramètres comme le pH et les concentrations en oxygène, complexes de fer et composés organiques. La conclusion principale de ce travail est que les complexes entre le fer et les acides aminopolycarboxyliques (EDDS) peuvent jouer un rôle important dans la tranformation de la matière organique présent dans les compartiments aquatiques.

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Agronomy / Mithila Jugulam / Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) is one of the most aggressive, troublesome and damaging broadleaf weeds in many cropping systems including corn, soybean, cotton, and grain sorghum causing huge yield losses across the USA. As a result of extensive and intensive selection of pre- and -post emergence herbicides, Palmer amaranth has evolved resistance to multiple herbicide modes of action, microtubule-, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS)-, acetolactate synthase (ALS)-, photosystem II (PS II)-, hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD)- and more recently to protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO)-inhibitors. A Palmer amaranth population from Kansas was found resistant to HPPD-, PS II-, and ALS-inhibitors. The overall objective of this research was to investigate the target-site and/or non-target-site resistance mechanisms in Palmer amaranth from KS (KSR) to mesotrione (HPPD-inhibitor), atrazine (PS II-inhibitor), and chlorsulfuron (ALS-inhibitor) relative to known susceptible Palmer amaranth from Mississippi (MSS) and KS (KSS). Whole plant dose-response assays showed high level of resistance in KSR to mesotrione, atrazine and chlorsulfuron. KSR was 10-18, 178-237 and >275 fold more resistant to mesotrione, atrazine, and chlorsulfuron, respectively, compared to MSS and KSS. Metabolism studies using [¹⁴C] labeled mesotrione and atrazine demonstrated non-target-site resistance to both herbicides, particularly, enhanced metabolism of [¹⁴C] mesotrione likely mediated by cytochrome P450 monooxygenases and rapid degradation of [¹⁴C] atrazine by glutathione S-transferases (GSTs). In addition, molecular and biochemical basis of mesotrione resistance was characterized by quantitative PCR (qPCR) and immunoblotting. These results showed 4-12 fold increased levels of the HPPD transcript and positively correlated with the increased HPPD protein. Sequencing of atrazine and chlorsulfuron target genes, psbA and ALS, respectively, showed interesting results. The most common mutation (serine264glycine) associated with atrazine resistance in weeds was not found in KSR. On the other hand, a well-known mutation (proline197serine) associated with chlorsulfuron resistance was found in 30% of KSR, suggesting ~70% of plants might have a non-target-site, possibly P450 mediated metabolism based resistance. Over all, KSR evolved both non-target-site and target-site based mechanisms to mesotrione and chlorsulfuron with only non-target-site based mechanism of resistance to atrazine leaving fewer options for weed control, especially in no-till crop production systems. Such multiple herbicide resistant Palmer amaranth populations are a serious threat to sustainable weed management because metabolism-based resistance may confer resistance to other herbicides and even those that are yet to be discovered. The findings of this research are novel and valuable to recommend appropriate weed management strategies in the region and should include diversified tactics to prevent evolution and spread of multiple herbicide resistance in Palmer amaranth.

A atrazina, um herbicida triazínico amplamente utilizado no controle de ervas daninhas, é um potencial contaminante ambiental, e possui como principal via de degradação uma via biológica. A linhagem Pseudomonas sp. ADP é o micro-organismo de referência no processo de degradação da atrazina em ambientes contaminados, pois contém em seu genoma os genes atzA, atzB, atzC, atzD, atzE e atzF, os quais codificam as enzimas responsáveis pelo processo de degradação. Bactérias gram-positivas também possuem capacidade para degradar a atrazina, mas iniciam a via de degradação através do gene trzN, análogo ao atzA. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi obter e analisar isolados bacterianos e consórcios formados por duas ou mais bactérias com capacidade para degradação completa do herbicida atrazina, como também analisar os efeitos da atrazina na comunidade bacteriana do solo. Duas bactérias gram-negativas, A01 e A02, foram isoladas de amostras de solo e foram identificadas como pertencentes aos gêneros Achromobacter e Pseudomonas, respectivamente, através do sequenciamento do gene 16S rRNA. Ambos os micro-organismos apresentaram potencial para biodegradação da atrazina em meio sólido, mas somente o isolado Pseudomonas sp. apresentou todos os genes atzA, atzB, atzC, atzD, atzE e atzF, que codificam as enzimas da via completa de degradação da atrazina. O isolado Achromobacter sp. apresentou somente os genes atzA, atzB e atzC, que representam a via inicial de degradação da atrazina até a formação de ácido cianúrico como metabólito. Um ensaio utilizando o método Southern Blot foi realizado para verificar se os genes atz detectados nos isolados do estudo são plasmidiais, sendo que apenas o isolado Pseudomonas sp. apresentou plasmídeo. A expressão dos genes atzA, atzB, atzC e atzD foi avaliada pelo método Northern Blot, contudo apenas o isolado Pseudomonas sp. apresentou expressão diferencial após tratamento com atrazina. Análises em HPLC/DAD e LC-MS/MS demonstraram que o isolado Pseudomonas sp. apresenta um perfil de degradação da atrazina semelhante ao perfil do micro-organismo padrão Pseudomonas sp. ADP, sendo apto a degradar 99% de atrazina in vitro em 24 horas. Já o isolado Achromobacter sp. apresentou um perfil de degradação lento, com início do processo após 24 horas. Os três metabólitos iniciais formados pela degradação da molécula de atrazina foram detectados em amostras contendo tanto o isolado Pseudomonas sp. quanto o isolado Achromobacter sp. O consórcio bacteriano composto pelos dois isolados deste estudo não apresentou eficiência de degradação superior às culturas puras. Por fim, um experimento de campo foi realizado com o objetivo de analisar os efeitos da atrazina na comunidade bacteriana do solo. O herbicida atrazina foi aplicado ao solo e amostras foram coletadas para análise através das técnicas de qPCR e Sequenciamento de Nova Geração. Foi possível observar que a abundância dos genes responsáveis pelo início da via de degradação da atrazina se altera ao longo do tempo, sendo que o aumento mais expressivo foi observado no gene trzN, comumente encontrado em bactérias gram-positivas com capacidade para degradar a atrazina. O sequenciamento do gene 16S rRNA indicou que a aplicação de atrazina ao solo não provocou mudanças significativas na comunidade bacteriana. As amostras apresentaram alta diversidade antes e após o tratamento com atrazina e a análise ii da abundância relativa mostrou pequenas diferenças na abundância de famílias após quatro e oito semanas de aplicação da atrazina ao solo. Assim, é possível sugerir que a aplicação do herbicida atrazina ao solo nas doses recomendadas não provoca danos significativos na estrutura da comunidade bacteriana do solo. / Atrazine, a triazine herbicide widely used to control broadleaf weeds, is a potential contaminant of soils, groundwater, rivers, lakes and oceans. Its main route of degradation is a biological pathway. Pseudomonas sp. ADP is a standard bacterium in the process of atrazine mineralization in contaminated environments, because it possesses a plasmid that contains the genes atzA, atzB, atzC, atzD, atzE and atzF, which encode the enzymes responsible for the atrazine degradation process. Gram-positive bacteria also have the ability to degrade atrazine, but the degradation starts through the trzN gene, wich is analogue to atzA. The aim of the present work was to obtain and analyze a bacterial isolate or a consortium formed by two or more bacteria capable of completely degrade the herbicide atrazine and to analyze the effects of atrazine on the soil bacterial community. Two gram-negative microorganisms, A01 and A02, were isolated from soil samples and were identified as Achromobacter sp. and Pseudomonas sp., respectively, through the sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. Both microorganisms showed potential to degrade atrazine on solid medium, but only the isolate Pseudomonas sp. presented the genes atzA, atzB, atzC, atzD, atzE and atzF that are essential for the biodegradation process. Achromobacter sp. presented only the atzA, atzB and atzC genes, which represent the initial pathway of atrazine degradation that leads to the formation of cyanuric acid. An assay using Southern Blot was performed to verify if the atz genes detected in the isolates were located on plasmid, however only Pseudomonas sp. showed a plasmid. The atz gene expression was evaluated through Northern Blot methodology, but only Pseudomonas sp. showed differential expression after atrazine induction. Analyzes in HPLC/DAD and LC-MS/MS demonstrated that the isolate Pseudomonas sp. presents an atrazine degradation profile similar to the profile of Pseudomonas sp. ADP and is capable of degrading 99% of atrazine in vitro. The strain Achromobacter sp. presented a slow degradation profile and started the degradation process after 24 hours of incubation. The three initial metabolites formed after atrazine degradation were detected in samples containing both Pseudomonas sp. and Achromobacter sp. The bacterial consortium composed of the two isolates of this study did not show higher degradation efficiency than pure cultures. Lastly, a field experiment was performed in order to study the effects of atrazine on the soil bacterial community. The herbicide atrazine was applied to the soil and samples were collected to be analysed using qPCR and Next Generation Sequencing. It was possible to observe that the abundance of the atz genes that initiate the degradation process is changed over time. A significant increase was observed on trzN, which is commonly found in gram-positive bacteria that is capable of degrading atrazine. 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated that atrazine application to soil do not cause significant changes in the bacterial community. Soil samples presented high diversity before and after atrazine treatment and the relative abundance analysis showed slight differences in families abundance after four and eight weeks of atrazine application to soil. Therefore, the results suggest that the use of atrazine in recommended doses does not cause significant damage to the structure of the soil bacterial community.

Este trabalho tem como foco dois aspectos principais: i) O processamento e caracterização de elementos porosos vítreos, a partir de vidro reciclado e ii) A deposição de filmes de quitosana (CHI) e carboximetilcelulose (CMC). O objetivo é a avaliação da interação superficial desses filmes com o herbicida atrazina (ATZ) em meio aquoso. O processamento seguiu o princípio do preenchimento (filler principle), fazendo uso dos sais NaCl e o MgCO3 como fases formadoras de poros. A caracterização mostra que o NaCl, age como um elemento solúvel, inerte, exceto na interface NaCl-matriz vítrea, cuja estrutura cristalina final é a cristobalita. Contrariamente, o MgCO3 reage com a matriz introduzindo novas fases como o CaMg(SiO3)2. A estrutura final, de poros e da matriz, é distinta para cada um dos sais utilizados, principalmente quanto ao aspecto morfológico dos poros e as análises semiquantitativas mostraram que o cátion Na+ na interface vidro-NaCl e o íon Mg++ atuam como modificadores de cadeia. Medidas de porosimetria indicam que nos materiais processados com NaCl apresentam estruturas dos poros abertos com uniformidade na distribuição dos tamanhos e com certa regularidade de formatos quando comparados com os materiais processados com MgCO3. Com respeito à interação herbicida - materiais vítreos, esta foi avaliada por técnicas espectroscópicas, podendo-se inferir que há interação entre as superfícies ativadas quimicamente e a ATZ. A remoção do herbicida por filtragem simples através dos filmes de CHI e filmes de CHI+CMC depositados sobre as membranas foram inferiores numericamente aos valores obtidos pela ação da superfície vítrea ausente de filmes. Entretanto, os resultados indicam que ocorre uma melhor interação entre a CHI e o ATZ, quando ambos estão em solução a pH = 3,0. Por espectroscopia de fotoelétrons excitada por raios-X (XPS) houve o aumento das espécies O (1s), C (1s), N (1s) e Cl (2s) confirmando as interações com o herbicida, porém não sendo possível inferir se esta se dá por algum grupo proveniente da CHI ou por sítios livres disponíveis na superfície vítrea. Análises numéricas indicam remoções de ATZ na ordem de 10-12% com respeito às medidas realizadas em sistemas contendo uma única membrana. Avaliação complementar da remoção do metal (Cd) confirmam a vantagem das superfícies depositadas com CHI, para este tipo de interação, indicando que sistemas compostos podem ser vantajosos na remoção de diversos contaminantes. / This work is focused in two main aspects: i) The processing and characterization of porous vitreous pieces, produced from waste glass and ii) The deposition of chitosan (CHI) and carboximethilcelullose (CMC) on the vitreous surface. The evaluation of the active aspects aiming at interactions with the herbicide atrazine (ATZ) was realized in aqueous medium. The processing follows the filler principle making use of NaCl and MgCO3 as porous phases formation. Characterization showed that NaCl acts as a soluble, inert phase, with interaction over NaCl-Matrix interface, resulting in cristobalite phase as final structure. Conversely, the MgCO3 reacts along the matrix generating new phases such as CaMg(SiO3)2. The final porous and matrix structure also differs to each used salt, mainly concerning morphological aspects of the porous where semiquantitive analysis point to the Na+ in glass-NaCl interface and to Mg++ as the main chain modifiers. Measurements by porosimetry has showed that in the materials processed with NaCl the porous structure are typically open with uniform size distribution and present a certain regularity of forms when compared with the membranes processed with MgCO3. Concerning an herbicide interaction, which was evaluated by spectroscopic techniques inferring interaction between chemically active surfaces and ATZ. The herbicide removal through CHI and CHI+CMC deposited films resulted numerically lower than those values attained to glass surface absent of films. Nevertheless, the results point that to a better interaction between CHI and ATZ when both are dissolved at pH 3,0. By XPS scanning it was possible to follow the variation of the surface concentration with increasing of the elements O (1s), C (1s), N (1s) e Cl (2s) confirming surface interaction, despite not being feasible to define what functional groups take place in the interaction. Numerical analysis presents herbicide removal in the order of 10-12% concerning measure performed over a single membrane. Complementary tests of metal removal (Cd) confirmed the advantage of CHI surface in this type of interaction, making evident that composed filtration system could be ideal in the removal of distinct contaminants.

Neste estudo foi avaliada a remoção de metil paration - inseticida e atrazina - herbicida presentes em água, em reatores de bancada, com fungos. A pesquisa foi dividida em quatro etapas: operação em batelada com metil paration e micélio fúngico, com e sem glicose; teste de toxicidade em placas com Aspergillus niger AN400; operação em batelada com os pesticidas atrazina e metil paration e esporos de Aspergillus niger AN400, com e sem glicose; e operação em reatores de leito fixo e fluxo ascendente. Na primeira etapa, a remoção de metil paration foi de 97% nos reatores sem glicose e 94% nos reatores com glicose com 32 dias de reação. Na operação em batelada, com esporos, um modelo cinético de primeira ordem representou bem a velocidade de decaimento de metil paration nesta fase, principalmente, nos reatores que continham glicose. Para os experimentos sem adição de glicose, a constante cinética foi de 0,063 &#177 0,005/h, enquanto que para os experimentos com glicose a constante foi de 0,162 &#177 0,014/h. Dessa forma, a adição de glicose resultou efetivamente em aumento na velocidade de conversão do inseticida. Na fase experimental, com atrazina e esporos de Aspergillus niger AN400, a presença do substrato primário (glicose) não teve influência na remoção de atrazina, sendo que os percentuais de remoção foram muito próximos aos percentuais encontrados nos reatores sem glicose. O estudo cinético, nessa fase com atrazina e esporos, revelou que para os experimentos sem a adição de glicose, o valor da velocidade de conversão de atrazina (RATZo) foi de 0,023/d, enquanto que para os experimentos com glicose (RATZo) foi 0,022/d. Portanto, a adição de glicose parece não ter influenciado significativamente a velocidade de remoção do herbicida por Aspergillus niger AN400. O teste de toxicidade demonstrou que metil paration e atrazina não inibiram o crescimento do fungo nas várias concentrações testadas, inclusive nas mais elevadas, que foram 60 mg/L e 25 mg/L para metil paration e atrazina, respectivamente. No reator de leito fixo a remoção de metil paration foi de 40% com 12 h de tempo de detenção hidráulica, e 0,5 g glicose/L. Porém, quando a concentração de glicose foi duplicada a remoção de metil paration diminuiu para 35%. Neste reator o pH se manteve na faixa ácida 3,4 a 5,2, considerada ideal para os fungos. Os resultados encontrados mostram a viabilidade dos fungos para remoção desses pesticidas, considerados persistentes no ambiente. / In this study the removal of methyl parathion was evaluated - insecticide and atrazine - herbicide present in water, in reactors with fungi. The research was divided in four stages: operation in batch reactors with methil parathion and micelium fungus, with and without glucose; toxicity test in plates with Aspergillus niger AN400; operation in batch reactors with the pesticides atrazine and methyl parathion and spore of Aspergillus niger AN400, with and without glucose; and operation in reactors of fixed bed and ascending flow. In the first stage the removal of methyl parathion was 97% in reactors without glucose and 94% in reactors with glucose in 32 days of reaction time. In the operation in batch with spores, a kinetic model of first order represented very well the speed of decline of the methyl parathion in this step, in the reactors that contained glucose, mainly. For the experiments without the glucose addition, the kinetic constant was 0,063 &#177 0,005/h, and for the experiments with glucose the constant was of 0,162 &#177 0,014/h. In that way, the glucose addition resulted in increase in the speed of conversion of the insecticide. In the experimental step with atrazine and spores of Aspergillus niger AN400, the presence of the primary substratum (glucose) didn\'t have influence in the atrazine removal, and the percentile removal lays very close to the percentile found in the reactors without glucose. The kinetic study, in that step with atrazine and spores, revealed that for the experiments without the glucose addition, the value of the speed conversion of atrazine (RATZo) was 0,023/d, and for the experiments with glucose (RATZo) was 0,022/d. Therefore, the glucose addition seems not to have influenced significantly the speed of removal of the herbicide for Aspergillus niger AN400. The toxicity test demonstrated that methyl parathion and atrazine didn\'t inhibit the growth of fungi in the several concentrations, including in high concentrations, that were tested 60 mg/L and 25 mg/L to methyl parathion and atrazine, respectively. The reactor of fixed bed got removal of methyl parathion of 40% in 12 hours of detention hydraulic, in 0,5 g glicose/L. However, when the glucose concentration was doubled the removal of methyl parathion decreased to 35%. In this reactor the pH kept in the acid strip (3,4 - 5,2), considered ideal for the fungi, and conductivity values didn\'t favor the hydrolysis of the insecticide. The found results show the viability of the fungi for removal of those pesticides, considered recalcitrant to the environment.

Submitted by Marco Antônio de Ramos Chagas (mchagas@ufv.br) on 2019-01-24T12:02:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 2911582 bytes, checksum: 07fd890e71dd9999fc2fe2dcaee36a86 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2019-01-24T12:02:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 2911582 bytes, checksum: 07fd890e71dd9999fc2fe2dcaee36a86 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-09-24 / Uma das opções para evitar a disseminação de plantas daninhas tolerantes e resistentes consiste na utilização de misturas de herbicidas com diferentes mecanismos de ação. O herbicida atrazine, quando aplicado em mistura com óleo mineral, promove controle eficiente de plantas daninhas dicotiledôneas e controle apenas regular das monocotiledôneas que infestam a cultura do milho. Em razão disso, esse herbicida quando recomendado para uso em pós-emergência, deve ser aplicado misturado com outro herbicida. Um dos herbicidas muito utilizado em mistura com o atrazine tem sido o mesotrione. Todavia, quando se misturam duas moléculas químicas que têm atividade biológica, estas podem interagirem promovendo efeitos antagônicos, sinérgicos ou aditivos sobre o organismo alvo. Diante disso, o objetivo desse trabalho foi conhecer o tipo de interação da mistura dos herbicidas atrazine + mesotrione quando aplicados sobre diferentes espécies de plantas daninhas na cultura do milho. Para isso foi avaliada a eficiência dos herbicidas atrazine e mesotrione, em aplicações isoladas e em misturas, sem adição de óleo mineral a calda, em duas doses (dose comercial e 1,3 vezes a dose comercial), no controle da soja-tiguera (Glycine max) e das plantas daninhas Ipomoea grandifolia, Bidens pilosa, Tridax procumbens e Commelina benghalensis. A eficiência de controle dessas espécies variou conforme as doses dos herbicidas e a forma de aplicação, isolado ou em mistura. Constatou-se efeito aditivo da mistura de atrazine + mesotrione no controle das plantas daninhas em ambas as doses analisadas. A aplicação isolada dos herbicidas, independente da dose, promoveu eficiência de controle máximo de 60 % na avaliação feita aos 14 dias após aplicação dos tratamentos. Por outro lado, atrazine + mesotrione na maior dose (2.600 + 124,8 g ha -1 ) controlou cerca de 80% da comunidade infestante aos 28 dias após aplicação. Conclui-se que há um efeito aditivo da mistura de tanque de atrazine e mesotrione no controle das plantas daninhas. Todavia, a aplicação dessa mistura, sem a adição de óleo mineral na calda, não permite controle satisfatório das plantas daninhas avaliadas. / One of the options to avoid the spread of tolerant and resistant weeds is the use of mixtures of herbicides with different mechanisms of action. The herbicide atrazine, applied in mixture with mineral oil, promotes efficient control of dicotyledon weeds and only regular control of monocotyledons. Because of this, it is recommended that the application of this herbicide in post-emergence be carried out in mixture with another herbicide. An herbicide widely used in mixture with atrazine has been mesotrione. However, when mixing chemical molecules that have biological activity, they can interact by promoting antagonistic, synergistic or additive effects on the target organism. Thus, the objective of this work was to know the interaction type of atrazine + mesotrione herbicide mixture when applied on different weed species in the maize crop. For this, the efficiency of atrazine and mesotrione herbicides, applied alone and in mixtures, without addition of mineral oil in the herbicides syrup, in two doses (commercial dose and 1.3 times the commercial dose) were evaluated to control of volunteer soybean (Glycine max) and the weeds Ipomoea grandifolia, Bidens pilosa, Tridax procumbens and Commelina benghalensis. The control efficiency of these plant species varied according to the herbicide’s doses and the application form, alone or in mixture. We observed an additive effect of the atrazine + mesotrione mixture on weed control at both doses. The herbicide application, regardless of the dose, promoted a maximum control efficiency of 60% in the evaluation done at 14 days after application of the treatments. On the other hand, atrazine + mesotrione at the highest dose (2,600 + 124,8 g ha -1 ) controlled about 80% of the weed community at 28 days after application. We concluded that there is an additive effect of atrazine and mesotrione tank mix in weed control. However, the application of this mixture, without the addition of mineral oil in the herbicide syrup, does not allow satisfactory control of the evaluated weeds. / Currículo Lattes não encontrado.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T10:44:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ADIBE GEORGES KHOURI.pdf: 2436504 bytes, checksum: 933a9665e66c9bc05685510602f426a8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-01-31 / A cultura do abacaxi sempre se destacou na fruticultura, graças não só às qualidades deste fruto, bastante apreciado em todo mundo, mas principalmente pela rentabilidade da cultura, responsável por sua grande demanda e importância econômica. A necessidade e a ambição de se ter uma produção cada vez maior e melhor fazem com que haja o emprego, por vezes de forma errônea ou irresponsável, de determinados pesticidas, esperando assim, realizar de forma satisfatória a defesa da matéria de origem agrícola, e provocando algumas reações adversas ao consumidor desse produto. Entre os malefícios mais comumente detectáveis existem os diversos processos de manifestações alérgicas e em longo prazo, o desenvolvimento de alguns tipos de câncer. Neste ensaio preocupou-se em identificar a atrazina e simazina, agrotóxicos utilizados na agricultura do abacaxi. Foi realizado o estudo a partir da aplicação de técnicas mais modernas como: extração por solvente, extração em fase sólida (SPE) e cromatografia gasosa de alta resolução (HRGC). Observou-se que amostras consideradas do grupo orgânico apresentaram picos aproximados dos picos de retenção dos pesticidas atrazina e simazina. Os abacaxis comprados em supermercados não apresentaram nenhum resíduo desses pesticidas, o que pode indicar que as exigências de controle de qualidade nestas empresas estão sendo seguidos com mais rigor, enquanto nos abacaxis ditos como orgânicos, parece faltar inspeção por grupos competentes.