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| Title | Physical, chemical and biological glyphosate and AMPA degradation from soils |
| Group | Soil Physics and Land Management group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-39 |
| Supervisor(s) | Violette Geissen and Esperanza Huerta Lwanga |
| Examiner(s) | Coen Ritsema |
| Contact info | violette.geissen@wur.nl and Esperanza Huerta Lwanga |
| Begin date | 2019/04/01 |
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| Description | Project Description
Wide spectrum herbicides as glyphosate are widely used in the Netherlands. In soils, pesticides are accumulated even after several years of application. After monitoring, we found middle to high concentrations of this herbicide even in soils where it is not applied. Once the first decay of glyphosate occurs, and the AMPA (its first metabolite) it is attached to the clay particles. Glyphosate and AMPA remains for years in the soil. The aim of this Master research is to study the decay of glyphosate and AMPA through several physical, chemical and biological techniques of degradation. It is recommended that the student also has background on microbiology. |
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