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Atrazine Residues in Surface Water from Various Agricultural Areas of El-Behera Governorate, Egypt

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Plant pest management

Abstract

Herbicides contribute significantly to increasing and enhancing both crop yield and quality through compacting herbs that compete with these crops. However, overuse of these chemicals might adversely affect aquatic ecosystem microorganisms and eventually human health. Residues of the extensively applied herbicide atrazine in irrigation surface water samples from El-Behera, the leading agricultural Governorate in Egypt. Water samples were collected from 26 sites in El-Behera and analyzed using gas chromatography coupled with a mass spectrometry detector (GC-MS). Results revealed significant variation of atrazine levels in irrigation water between these 26 sites. Water samples from Kafr El-Dawwar had the least amount (3.125±0.0894 µg/L), while samples from Hosh Essa had the greatest residue of atrazine (109.181±15.778 µg/L). The obtained results may represent the trends and amounts of atrazine used in the El-Behera Governorate. These results may be concerning to the potential adverse effects due to the inappropriate use of atrazine.
 

DOI

10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2022.219626

Keywords

atrazine, herbicides, surface water, Aquatic ecosystem, GC-MS, Residues Introduction

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abuzeid

MiddleName

AbdEl-Salam

Affiliation

Damanhour University - Faculty of Agriculture- Plant protection department

Email

mohamed.abuzeid@agr.dmu.edu.eg

City

Damanhour

Orcid

https://orcid.org/00

First Name

Atef

Last Name

Nassar

MiddleName

M K

Affiliation

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhur University, Elbehera, Egypt

Email

atef.nassar@dmu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000 0002 0394 1530

First Name

Alaa

Last Name

Khozimy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Damanhour University- Faculty of Agriculture - Plant Protection Department

Email

alaa.masoud@agr.dmu.edu.eg

City

Damanhour

Orcid

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Volume

43

Article Issue

1

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30186

Issue Date

2022-03-01

Receive Date

2022-01-10

Publish Date

2022-03-30

Page Start

45

Page End

51

Print ISSN

1110-0176

Online ISSN

2536-9784

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ASEJAIQJSAE_Volume 43_Issue 1_Pages 45-51.pdf

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/article_219626.html

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53

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Publication Title

Alexandria Science Exchange Journal

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/

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Atrazine Residues in Surface Water from Various Agricultural Areas of El-Behera Governorate, Egypt

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22 Jan 2023