Flutolanil was found to be stable in soil and the disappearance was mainly caused by conversion into binding compounds. Because only minor amounts of degradation products were detected in soil metabolism studies it is difficult to propose the degradation pathway of flutolanil in soil. Following reactions are, however, proposed to be involved in the breakdown of flutolanil in soils: - hydrolysis of ether bond to phenol at 3’-position (M-4 production from flutolanil, M-5 from M-2), - hydroxylation to form phenol at 4’-position (M-2 from flutolanil, M-5 from M-4, M-7 from M-6), - methylation of phenol at 3’-position (M-6 from M-4, M-7 from M-5), - oxidation of terminal methyl moiety of isopropyl part (M-3 and M-11 from flutolanil).