Leaching, Phytotoxicity, and Weed Control of New Formulations of Alachlor

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3305-3313

  El Nahhal, Yasser ^a,b   Nir, Shlomo ^a   Polubesova, Tamara ^a   Margulies, Leon ^a,b   Rubin, Baruch ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Environ Protect and Res Institute   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alachlor; Benzyltributylammonium; Benzyltriethylammonium; Benzyltrimethylammonium; Herbicidal activity; Hexadecylammonium; Leaching; Montmorillonite; Phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; SETARIA VIRIDIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0000432661     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf971062k     Document Type: Article

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