Bentazon Mobility and Adsorption in Twelve Illinois Soils

Investigations of the behavior of 3-isopropyl-1H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-(4)3H-one 2,2-dioxide (bentazon) in water solutions have shown that it was anionic in neutral solutions by exhibiting a strong movement toward the anode in an electrical field. The herbicide was not adsorbed by any of twelve selected Illinois soils or by the cation exchange resin, carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), but was almost completely adsorbed by charcoal and by the anion exchanger, diethylaminoethylcellulose (DEAE). Bentazon moved with the water front on soil thin-layer plates as well as through soil columns.