TY - JOUR
T1 - Pesticide discharge and water management in a paddy catchment in Japan
AU - Phong, Thai Khanh
AU - Yoshino, Katsunori
AU - Hiramatsu, Kazuaki
AU - Harada, Masayoshi
AU - Inoue, Tsuyoshi
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments Thanks are due to the officers and farmers in the Takeno paddy block for their cooperation. This paper was produced when TK Phong is a JSPS postdoctoral fellow at Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University. This research is partly supported by the JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Project number: P08439).
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Concentrations of several pesticides were monitored in a paddy block and in the Kose river, which drains a paddy catchment in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. Detailed water management in the block was also monitored to evaluate its effect on the pesticide contamination. The concentrations of applied pesticides in both block irrigation channel and drainage canal increased to tens of lg/L shortly after their applications. The increase in pesticide concentrations was well correlated with the open of irrigation and drainage gates in the pesticide-applied paddy plots only 1-3 days after pesticide application. High concentration of other pesticides, mainly herbicides, was also observed in the inflow irrigation and drainage waters, confirming the popularity of early irrigation and drainage after pesticide application in the area. The requirement of holding water after pesticide application (as a best management practice) issued by the authority was thus not properly followed. In a larger scale of the paddy catchment, the concentration of pesticides also increased significantly to several lg/L in the water of the Kose river shortly after the start of the pesticide application period either in downstream or mid-upstream areas, confirming the effect of current water management to the water quality. More extension and enforcement on water management should be done in order to control pesticide pollution from rice cultivation in Japan.
AB - Concentrations of several pesticides were monitored in a paddy block and in the Kose river, which drains a paddy catchment in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. Detailed water management in the block was also monitored to evaluate its effect on the pesticide contamination. The concentrations of applied pesticides in both block irrigation channel and drainage canal increased to tens of lg/L shortly after their applications. The increase in pesticide concentrations was well correlated with the open of irrigation and drainage gates in the pesticide-applied paddy plots only 1-3 days after pesticide application. High concentration of other pesticides, mainly herbicides, was also observed in the inflow irrigation and drainage waters, confirming the popularity of early irrigation and drainage after pesticide application in the area. The requirement of holding water after pesticide application (as a best management practice) issued by the authority was thus not properly followed. In a larger scale of the paddy catchment, the concentration of pesticides also increased significantly to several lg/L in the water of the Kose river shortly after the start of the pesticide application period either in downstream or mid-upstream areas, confirming the effect of current water management to the water quality. More extension and enforcement on water management should be done in order to control pesticide pollution from rice cultivation in Japan.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10333-010-0215-5
DO - 10.1007/s10333-010-0215-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78650711258
SN - 1611-2490
VL - 8
SP - 361
EP - 369
JO - Paddy and Water Environment
JF - Paddy and Water Environment
IS - 4
ER -
