Ethyl formate (EF) is a potent fumigant replacing methyl bromide. The use of EF is limited to a quarantine process. Appling EF to agricultural field as a safe insecticide in greenhouse give us valuable benefits including less residual concern. In this regard, residual pattern after EF fumigation in greenhouse should be undertaken. In the previous study, we have established agricultural control concentration of EF to control pests in a greenhouse. EF was fumigated at 5 g m-3 level for 2 h. The concentration of EF inside a greenhouse was analyzed to be 4.1-4.3 g m-3 at 30 min after fumigation. To prepare an analytical method for residues in cucumber crops and soil in the greenhouse, the limit of detection (LOD) of the method was 100 ng g-1 and the limit of quantitation (LOQ) of this method was 300 ng g-1. R2 values of calibration curves for crops and soil were 0.991-0.997. In samples collected immediately after ventilation, EF concentration was determined to be below LOQ level. In addition, EF level was below LOQ in samples collected at 3 h after ventilation except that leaf samples of melon during the flowering period showed a level of 1,068.9 ng g-1. Taken together, these results indicate that EF used in quarantine can be applied to agricultural fields without residual issue as an effective fumigant for insect pest control.

전북 익산지역의 한우사육에 사용한 황토를 gravel, sand, silt, coarse clay, fine clay으로 입도분리하여 각 분리된 시료에 대해서 광물성분 및 화학적 특성 등을 검토하였다 광물성분의 분석 결과, gravel과 sand에는 석영과 장석이 주로 포함되고, clay와 silt떼는 카오린광물 및 일라이트 등의 점토광물이 우세하며, 산화철광물은 fine clay에서 주로 포함된다. 주성분원소에서는 입경이 작은 시료일수록 Al, Fe, H2O의 함량이 증가하여 점토광물의 함량 증가와 잘 일치하였다. 미량성분원소에서는 Zn, Rb, Sr, Ba, Pb등이 입도에 따라 큰 함량 차이를 보였다. Ba, Sr은 장석이 많은 sand에 다량 함유되어 주로 장석에 존재하는 것으로 나타났다 본래 황토 시료에 상당량 함유된 Pb 및 Sm은 입도분리된 시료에는 적은 함량을 나타내어, 입도 분리 과정에서 제거되기 쉬운 형태로 존재하는 것으로 보인다. Nb, La, Th, Ce 등은 silt 시료에 가장 많은 함량을 보였다. 이들 이외의 거의 모든 원소에서 점토광물의 함량이 많이 함유된 작은 입도시료에서 미량원소의 함량이 증가하는 경향 나타나 이들 대부분이 점토광물내에 주로 존재하는 것으로 보인다. 교환성양이온 함량과 산 및 알카리에 의한 용탈 원소 함량 등은 입자가 작은 점토시료에서 높게 나타났다. 따라서 가축사료 등 황토의 활용에 있어서 천연상태의 황토를 그대로 사용하는 것보다는 입도 분리에 의한 정제를 행한 미립의 점토분을 주로 사용하는 것이 황토의 이온교환성, 원소 용탈성, 흡착성, 흡수성 등의 특성을 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 나타났다.

In order to secure the proper use of herbicides that are frequently used in Korea, the behavior of herbicides in various type of soil were studied. This study includes the variation of phytotoxicity, leaching and movement, and residual activity period of herbicides depending upon the type of soil etc. Experiments were also conducted to establish a guideline for the selection of herbicides according to the type of soil and the proper use of each herbicide in various type of soil in Korea. Experimental results showed that the behavior of herbicides could be characterized based on the series or kind of herbicides and devided into two major groups. One group (nitrofen. CNP, benthiocarb and butachlor) of herbicides showed relatively little crop injury and was very dependable. The action of this group was not remarkably influenced by soil components, rainfall and the quantity of herbicide used with the type of soil that had small adsorption capacity such as most of soil in Korea. The other group(simazine, 2, 4-D. linuron, alachlor and simetryne) showed a wide variation in it's action and retained potentially injurious effect. This group was very susceptable to using condition as well as the type of soil itself. Based on the results of various experiments the disappearance of the residual activity period of major herbicides used in upland and paddy field and the related factors were explained. It is believed that the results of this study can be used as a base for the establishment of a guideline for the proper use of each herbicide and can suggest a direction of developing new herbicides.