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Table 1 Physical and chemical properties of the distroferric red latosol soils taken from three different sectors on a farm in the Londrina region that had been were treated with different pesticides

From: Soil and entomopathogenic fungi with potential for biodegradation of insecticides: degradation of flubendiamide in vivo by fungi and in vitro by laccase

Physicochemical parameters*

Farm sectors where insecticides were applied

PlatinumNeo®

Prêmio®

No. of insecticides

Clay (g/kg)

68.00

67.00

69.00

Silt (g/kg)

15.00

18.00

15.00

Sand (g/kg)

17.00

15.00

17.00

pH

5.50

5.00

5.40

P (mg/dm3)

16.90

14.60

18.50

C (g/dm3)

18.07

17.64

20.18

Al (cmol/dm3 soil)

0

0

0

Ca (cmol/dm3 soil)

7.10

5.62

6.02

Mg (cmol/dm3 soil)

1.89

1.23

1.64

K (cmol/dm3 soil)

1.12

0.81

1.35

  1. *Evaluated on 05/29/2014; cmol, centimoles