Credit hours
In-class work per week |
Practice per week |
Credits |
Duration |
Total |
4 |
4 |
10 |
15 weeks |
150 hours |
Instructor
Kassio Ferreira Mendes
Valdemar Luiz Tornisielo
Objective
The discipline Pesticides and Environment aims to provide students with knowledge about the processes and interactions between pesticides and the environment, the contamination processes of the various components of ecosystems. The practical classes aim to demonstrate the various methods of studying pesticides and equipment used as well as the interpretation of the results.
Content
Theoretical classes
1. Pesticides - history and definitions
2. Registration and standards for pesticide use in Brazil
3. Characteristics of pesticides and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
4. Transformation and retention of pesticides in the environment
5. Processes of surface runoff, leaching, and volatilization of pesticides in the environment
6. Behavior of pesticides in plants (absorption, translocation, and metabolism)
7. Impact of pesticides on non-target organisms
8. Human exposure and risks of pesticide residues in food
9. Aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology of pesticides in the environment
10. Bioassay for pesticide analysis
11. Radiometric technique used in behavioral studies of pesticides
12. Chromatographic analysis (liquid and gas) of pesticides in the environment
13. Modeling the environmental behavior of pesticides
14. Bioremediation of pesticides in contaminated environments
Practical classes
1. Study of sorption/desorption of pesticides in soil
2. Study of pesticide degradation in soil
3. Study of pesticide mobility in soil thin layer chromatography (TLC) plates
4. Study of pesticide leaching in soil columns
5. Absorption, translocation and metabolism studies of radiolabeled pesticides
6. Pesticide analysis by gas chromatography (GC)
7. Pesticide analysis by liquid chromatography (HPLC and LC-MS/MS)
8. Radiometric analysis of pesticides by liquid scintillation spectrometry
Bibliography
MENDES, K. F.; INOUE, M.H.; TORNISIELO, V. L. Herbicidas no ambiente: impacto e detecção. 1ed.Viçosa: Editora UFV, 2022. 326 p.
MENDES, K. F. Pesticides - Agronomic Application and Environmental Impact. 1. ed. London, UK: IntechOpen, 2024. 112 p.
MENDES, K. F. New Insights in Herbicide Science. 1. ed. London, UK: IntechOpen, 2023. v. 1. 110 p.
MENDES, K. F.; SILVA, A. A. Applied Weed and Herbicide Science. 1. ed. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2022. v. 1. 299 p.
MENDES, K. F.; INOUE, M. H. ; TORNISIELO, V. L. Herbicidas no Ambiente: Comportamento e Destino. 1. ed. Viçosa: Editora UFV, 2022. v. 1. 304 p.
MENDES, K. F. Radioisotopes in Weed Research. 1. ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2021. 224 p.
MENDES, K. F.; SILVA, A. A. Plantas Daninhas: Herbicidas Vol. 2. 2. ed. São Paulo: Oficina de Textos, 2022. v. 3. 200 p.
MENDES, K. F. Interactions of Biochar and Herbicides in the Environment. 1. ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2022. v. 1. 288 p.
MENDES, K. F.; SOUSA, R. N.; MIELKE, K. C. Biodegradation Technology of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants. 1. ed. London, England: IntechOpen, 2022. v. 1. 350 p.
MENDES, K. F. Glyphosate: Agricultural Uses, Ecological Impacts and Potential Carcinogenic Effects. 1. ed. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2021. v. 1. 350 p.
MENDES, K. F. Pesticides in Agriculture and Environment. 1. ed. Hooghly, West Bengal, India: Book Publisher International, 2021. v. 1. 57 p.
SOUSA, R. N.; PESSOA, T. N.; MENDES, K. F. Agricultural Soils: Impacts on the Environment. 1. ed. Hauppauge, Nova York: Nova Science Publishers, 2023. 200 p.
TORNISIELO, V. L.; VILCA, F.Z.; GUIMARAES, A. C. D.; MENDES, K. F. Contaminantes Orgânicos: da Análise à Biorremediação. 1. ed. Piracicaba: FEALQ, 2019. v. 1. 268 p.