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Characterizing And Mitigating Glyphosate Herbicide Mobilization In Agroecosystems

Poster · October 2018

DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30677.47840

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 Characterizing And Mitigating
Project 2018-67019-27802
Glyphosate Herbicide Mobilization April 15, 2018- April 14, 2021
Brian K. Richards, Project Director
In Agroecosystems Email: brian.richards@cornell.edu

Glyphosate-based herbicide use has increased markedly in recent years Cornell Biological & Environmental Engineering
due to the development of glyphosate-tolerant crops. coinvestigators/core team
Its direct toxicity is very low, and soil sorption and degradation are rapid. Ludmilla Aristilde, Tammo Steenhuis - Professors
Nevertheless, recent research1 has found widespread low-level detections Steve Pacenka - Water Specialist
in the environment in the US and in other countries. Michael Glaser - MS student

Goal - To understand the mechanisms driving the observed low-level Collaborator/stakeholder team
mobility of glyphosate from predominant cropping systems that will Mike Meyer - USGS Organic Geochemistry Lab, KS
enable the development of mitigation strategies to reduce the potential Scott Menrath, Jim Carpentier – Pesticides Management,
impacts of glyphosate use in transport-prone landscapes. NY Dept of Environmental Conservation
Dan Wixted - Cornell Pesticide Management Education
Objectives Joe Lawrence – Cornell ProDairy
1) Quantify field site fluxes of glyphosate and AMPA in runoff, interflow, Jeff Miller – Oneida County Cooperative Extension
and drainage water from predominant cropping system sites Sam Kung – University of Wisconsin (ret)
2) Elucidate potential mechanisms underlying the observed mobilities Murray McBride – Cornell, Crop & Soil Sciences
3) Develop mechanistic descriptions to support predictive modeling of Anthony Hay – Cornell, Microbiology
glyphosate and AMPA fluxes
4) Multimodal outreach to convey research findings and implications

Approach & Progress for Year 1 2018-19 Experiments

1) Continued monitoring at S1 switchgrass site where 2014-2017 campaigns found up to 1% glyphosate
2

post-application loss in outflow. Spring campaign carried out; Fall postharvest spray campaign planned.
S1 Field Site Layout Prior findings: glyphosate loss & hydrology

Sprayed

Weir autosamplers

Glyphosate spray on dormant

switchgrass (April 24, 2018)
Analysis underway: peak
Outflow event
levels ~100 µg/L again found.

2) Begin monitoring S5 corn site growing glyphosate-tolerant corn. Site S5 is near Site S1 with similar
landforms, soils and underlying hydrology, enhancing comparability.
S5 Corn site outflow area S5 sampling area S5 LIDAR contributing Wet soil conditions S5 First outflow events:
prior to planting area analysis mid-August
delayed planting until
end of May and sprays
until June 21. First
outflow events
occurred mid-August

3) Soil core extractions and controlled in-lab rainmaker studies. Soil extraction will
This component will allow us to test glyphosate and AMPA losses follow harvest; soil
tray design, proto-
under a broader range of controlled soil and hydrologic conditions, typing and testing
with variables including soil type, antecedent soil moisture, rainfall is underway
delay, rainfall extent, and perched water table presence.
CITATIONS

1) Battaglin, W., Meyer, M., Kuivila, K. & J.E. Dietze. 2014 Glyphosate and Its Degradation Product AMPA Occur Frequently and
TERMS

glyphosate N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine Widely in U.S. Soils, Surface Water, Groundwater, and Precipitation. J. American Water Resources Assoc. 50(2)275-290.
2) Richards, B.K., S. Pacenka, M. T. Meyer, J. E. Dietze, A.L. Schatz, K. Teuffer, L. Aristilde, T.S. Steenhuis. 2018. Antecedent and
AMPA aminomethyl¬phosphonic acid)
post-application rain events trigger glyphosate transport from runoff-prone soil. Environ. Sci. & Tech. Letters 5 (5) 249–254.

Project 2018-67019-27802 is funded by Collaborating & stakeholder agencies

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