02097naa a2200205 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000170006024501060007726000090018330000130019252014050020565000110161065000150162165000200163665300150165665300120167165300110168377301970169410269791999-12-22       1996    bl ---       0--  u    #d1 aCRESTANA, S.  aBalance, movement and fate of pesticides in tropical soilsbthe contribution of a brazilian research.  c1996  aG18-G19.  aBrazil is occupying the fifth position of the world regarding to the use of pesticides corresponding to a business of approximately 1 billion of dollars annually. As a consequence, a increasing public and scientific concem exists related to its impact on the environrnent, particularly on the soil and water resources. Even recognizing the importance of the problem and the related research challenges, on1y recently a first integrated and systemic research project was proposed and conducted in Brazil. The objective of this work is to present the unique contribution given by a multünstitutional and interdisciplinary team (20 senior researchers) that participated in a cooperative project carried out in different locations and institutions of São Paulo State (1). Basic and applied science specialists of EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation), University of São Paulo and São Paulo Agronornical lnstitute were involved on the theme of balance, transport and fate prediction of pesticides in different soils and environrnental conditions of São Paulo State. Starting in 1991 the project was concluded in 1995 and funded by FAPESP (São Paulo State Research Support Foundation). The physical, chernical and biological processes and Dou-linear interrelationships present in the transport, balance and fate of pesticides in the soil environment are very complexes and intriguing.  aBrazil  apesticides  awater resources  achaIlenges  aEMBRAPA  aFAPESP  tIn: CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMETRICS IN BRAZIL, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, 7., July 1996, Sao Paulo, SP. Abstracts... Sao Paulo: [s.n.], 1996.