• Glyphosate runoff and its occurrence in rainwater and subsurface soil in the nearby area of agricultural fields in Argentina 

      Lupi, Leonardo; Bedmar, Francisco; Puricelli, Marino Marcelo; Marino, Damián; Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; Wunderlin, Daniel; Miglioranza, Karina S.B. (Elsevier, 2019-06)
      Glyphosate-based products are among the most important herbicides applied to enhance the production of food commodities, leading to the worldwide spread of this herbicide. The main goal of this work was to evaluate the ...
    • Glyphosate sorption to soils of Argentina. Estimation of affinity coefficient by pedotransfer function 

      De Geronimo, Eduardo; Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; Costa, Jose Luis (Elsevier, 2018)
      Argentine agricultural production is fundamentally based on technological package that combines direct seeding and glyphosate with transgenic crops (soybean, maize and cotton), which makes glyphosate the most widely ...
    • Glyphosate, AMPA, and metsulfuron-methyl retention in the main horizons of a typic argiudoll 

      Gonzalo Mayoral, Eliana Soledad; Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; De Geronimo, Eduardo; Fernandes, Gracieli; Dos Santos, Danilo Rheinheimer; Costa, José Luis (Taylor and Francis, 2022-05-03)
      Retention is one of the processes controlling the behavior and fate of pesticides in soil. The objective of this work was to evaluate the adsorption and desorption of glyphosate, AMPA, and metsulfuron-methyl in the main ...
    • Industrial agriculture and agroecological transition systems: A comparative analysis of productivity results, organic matter and glyphosate in soil 

      Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; Zamora, Martin Sergio; Barbera, Agustin; Castro Franco, Mauricio; Domenech, Marisa Beatriz; De Geronimo, Eduardo; Costa, Jose Luis (ScienceDirect, 2018-09-22)
      The system of industrial agriculture (IA), often implemented on a large scale and with high dependence on the supplies use, is reducing the soil organic matter (SOM) and increasing the glyphosate presence in the environment. ...
    • Management effects on glyphosate and AMPA concentrations in the PM10 emitted by soils of the central semi-arid region of Argentina 

      Ramirez Haberkon, Nancy; Aimar, Silvia; Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; Buschiazzo, Daniel Eduardo; De Geronimo, Eduardo; Costa, Jose Luis; Mendez, Mariano (Elsevier, 2020-12)
      In soils of semi-arid regions, different amounts of glyphosate are applied, and this substance tends to be absorbed on the topsoil exposed to erosion. The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of land management ...
    • ¿El Metsulfuron metil puede contaminar las aguas subterráneas en el sudeste bonaerense? 

      Gonzalo Mayoral, Eliana Soledad; Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; De Geronimo, Eduardo; Costa, José Luis (Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce, INTA, 2021-11)
      Analizamos los factores que condicionan el destino final en el ambiente de un herbicida muy utilizado en la región pampeana.
    • Metsulfuron-methyl and glyphosate transport in a mollisol soil in the Pampean region of Argentina 

      Gonzalo Mayoral, Eliana Soledad; Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; De Geronimo, Eduardo; Costa, José Luis (Soil Science Society of Pakistan, 2021-12-04)
      The agricultural activity poses the potential risk of contaminating groundwater resources because of the leaching capacity of the agrochemicals used. Glyphosate and metsulfuron-methyl are two herbicides widely used in the ...
    • Monensin occurrence in surface water and its impact on aquatic biota in a stream of the southeast Pampas, Argentina 

      Pérez, Débora Jesabel; Okada, Elena; Iturburu, Fernando; De Geronimo, Eduardo; Canton, German Jose; Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; Costa, Jose Luis; Menone, Mirta Luján (Springer Science, 2020-10-16)
      Monensin is an ionophore antibiotic used as a feed additive and growth promoter in cattle production worldwide. The occurrence of monensin in aquatic surficial ecosystems is of concern due to its possible detrimental effects ...
    • Non-point source pollution of glyphosate and AMPA in a rural basin from the southeast Pampas, Argentina 

      Okada, Elena; Pérez, Débora Jesabel; De Geronimo, Eduardo; Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; Massone, Héctor; Costa, Jose Luis (2018-03)
      We measured the occurrence and seasonal variations of glyphosate and its metabolite, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), in different environmental compartments within the limits of an agricultural basin. This topic is of ...
    • Occurrence of glyphosate and AMPA in an agricultural watershed from the southeastern region of Argentina 

      Lupi, Leonardo; Miglioranza, Karina Silvia Beatriz; Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; Marino, Damian Jose Gabriel; Bedmar, Francisco; Wunderlin, Daniel Alberto (Elsevier, 2015-12-01)
      Glyphosate (GLY) and AMPA concentrations were determined in sandy soil profiles, during pre- and post-application events in two agricultural soybean fields (S1 and S2). Streamwater and sediment samples were also analyzed. ...
    • Occurrence of pesticide residues in indoor dust of farmworker households across Europe and Argentina 

      Navarro, Irene; De la Torre, Adrián; Sanz, Paloma; Baldi, Isabelle; Harkes, Paula; Huerta-Lwanga, Esperanza; Nørgaard, Trine; Glavan, Matjaž; Pasković, Igor; Polić Pasković, Marija; Abrantes, Nelson; Campos, Isabel; Alcon, Francisco; Contreras, Josefina; Alaoui, Abdallah; Hofman, Jakub; Vested, Anne; Bureau, Mathilde; Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; Mandrioli, Daniele; Martínez, María Ángeles (Elsevier, 2023-10)
      Pesticides are widely used as plant protection products (PPPs) in farming systems to preserve crops against pests, weeds, and fungal diseases. Indoor dust can act as a chemical repository revealing occurrence of pesticides ...
    • Pesticide pollution in argentine drinking water: A call to ensure safe access 

      Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; De Geronimo, Eduardo (Elsevier, 2024-01)
      The application of pesticides in Argentina has been on the rise since 2000. However, the monitoring of pesticides in drinking water lacks regular updates. This research study analysed 53 pesticides and degradation products ...
    • Los plaguicidas agregados al suelo y su destino en el ambiente 

      Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; De Geronimo, Eduardo; Hernandez Guijarro, Keren; Pérez, Débora Jesabel; Portocarrero, Rocio; Vidal, Claudia (Ediciones INTA, 2015)
      Este documento surge como una iniciativa del Proyecto Nacional de Suelo del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (PNSuelo-INTA) 1134044: “Destino ambiental y degradación de los plaguicidas agregados al suelo”, ...
    • Plaguicidas en el ambiente 

      Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; Costa, Jose Luis; Gonzalo Mayoral, Eliana Soledad (Ediciones INTA, 2017)
      Plaguicidas en el Ambiente es un documento que surge como iniciativa del Proyecto Nacional de Suelo (PNSuelo-INTA) 1134044: “Destino ambiental y degradación de los plaguicidas agregados al suelo”, para poner a disposición ...
    • Presence of pesticides in surface water from four sub-basins in Argentina 

      De Geronimo, Eduardo; Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; Barbaro, Sebastian Ernesto; Portocarrero, Rocio; Jaime, Sebastián Andrés; Costa, Jose Luis (Elsevier, 2014-07)
      Argentina has 31 million hectares given over to agriculture comprising 2.2% of the world’s total area under cultivation (Stock Exchange of Rosario, Argentina). Despite the intensity of this agricultural activity, data on ...
    • Quality assessment of irrigation water under a combination of rain and irrigation 

      Costa, Jose Luis; Aparicio, Virginia Carolina (Elsevier, 2015-09)
      Supplementary irrigation is one of the proposed management practices to increase the area under grain production mainly in the Humid Pampas (HP). The most common source of irrigation water in the HP comes from groundwater ...
    • Relevamiento de variables edáficas relacionadas con la salud del suelo en noreste y noroeste argentino 

      Sainz Rozas, Hernan Rene; Eyherabide, Mercedes; Reussi Calvo, Nahuel Ignacio; Wyngaard, Nicolás; Aparicio, Virginia Carolina; García, Fernando; González San Juan, M.F; Rouillet, N.; Stahringer, N.; Torrielli, D.S.; Sanzano, A.; Saperdi, A.; Saperdi, A.J.; Orcellet, Juan Manuel; Angelini, Hernán Pablo (Asociación Civil Fertilizar, 2023-05)
      La salud del suelo se relaciona con su capacidad para cumplir determinadas funciones en el agroecosistema como sostener la productividad, contribuir a la calidad ambiental y mejorar la salud humana y animal. La materia ...
    • Retención y transporte vertical de glifosato, AMPA y metsulfurón-metil en el perfil del suelo 

      Gonzalo Mayoral, Eliana Soledad (Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, 2022-07)
      El creciente uso de agroquímicos en Argentina y en el mundo ha despertado el interés de la comunidad científica por conocer su comportamiento en el ambiente. Glifosato es el herbicida más utilizado a nivel mundial; su ...
    • Transición hacia la protección sostenible de las plantas en la agricultura: presentación del proyecto SPRINT 

      Aparicio, Virginia Carolina (Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce, INTA, 2020-11)
      El uso de plaguicidas representa un riesgo para la salud humana y ambiental. Los hallazgos de investigaciones recientes sugieren una asociación entre la exposición a los plaguicidas y un mayor riesgo de problemas de salud.