How did the Addition of Indaziflam Affect on Carbon and Nitrogen Mineralizations in a Vineyard Soil?

Microbial activity can be affected by herbicides when they are introduced in soil. Indaziflam is a herbicide used for weed control in vineyards, apple, peach and orange orchards that inhibit cellulose biosynthesis in plants (500 g active ingredient/ l). Recommended field dose of herbicide (RD) containing Indaziflam (10 ml/ da) and its 2 (RD x2), 4 (RD x4), 8 (RD x8) and 16 (RD x16) times of RD were mixed with a loamy soil sampled from Cukurova University Faculty of Agriculture Vineyard (Adana, Turkey) in this study. These mixtures were humidified at 80% of soil field capacity and then incubated for 42 days at 28ºC for the determination of carbon and nitrogen mineralization. Effects of RD and RD x2 doses on soil carbon mineralization were similar to control and no significant difference was found between them. Higher doses of indaziflam (RD x4, RD x8 and RD x16) stimulated mineralization of soil carbon and there were found significant differences between control and these doses (P