Contamination of vineyard soils with fungicides: A review of environmental and toxicological aspects
Top Cited Papers
- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Environment International
- Vol. 36 (1), 138-151
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2009.10.005
Abstract
The contamination of agricultural soils with inorganic (Cu-based) and organic pesticides (including their residues) presents a major environmental and toxicological concern. This review summarizes available studies published on the contamination of vineyard soils throughout the world with Cu-based and synthetic organic fungicides. It focuses on the behavior of these contaminants in vineyard soils and the associated environmental and toxicological risks. The concentrations of Cu in soils exceed the legislative limits valid in the EU in the vast majority of the studied vineyards. Regarding the environmental and toxicological hazards associated with the extensive use of fungicides, the choice of fungicides should be performed carefully according to the physico-chemical properties of the soils and climatic and hydrogeological characteristics of the vine-growing regions.Keywords
Funding Information
- Grantová Agentura České Republiky (MSM 6046070901)
- Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy
This publication has 185 references indexed in Scilit:
- The effect of phosphate on the sorption of copper by acid soilsGeoderma, 2009
- Factors affecting distribution and mobility of trace elements (Cu, Pb, Zn) in a perennial grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) in the Champagne region of FranceEnvironmental Pollution, 2008
- Copper contamination of vineyard soils from small wine producers: A case study from the Czech RepublicGeoderma, 2008
- Copper content of soils and river sediments in a winegrowing area, and its distribution among soil or sediment componentsGeoderma, 2008
- Copper accumulation regarding the soil characteristics in Sub-Mediterranean vineyards of SloveniaGeoderma, 2007
- Vineyard soil characteristics related to content of transition metals in a sub-Mediterranean winegrowing region of SloveniaGeoderma, 2006
- Microbiological characteristics of a sandy loam soil exposed to tebuconazole and λ-cyhalothrin under laboratory conditionsEcotoxicology, 2006
- Metal Contamination in Urban Soils of Coastal Tuscany (Italy)Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2006
- Copper accumulation, distribution and fractionation in vineyard soils of Victoria, AustraliaGeoderma, 2004
- Effects of fludioxonil and pyrimethanil, two fungicides used against Botrytis cinerea, on carbohydrate physiology in Vitis vinifera LPest Management Science, 2003