Partition Coefficients of Active Ingredients between Plant Cuticle and Adjuvants as Related to Rates of Foliar Uptake

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3659-3665

  Baur, Peter ^a   Marzouk, Hend ^a   Schönherr, Jörg ^a   Grayson, B Terence ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjuvants; Foliar uptake; Glycerol; Humectants; Partition coefficient; Penetration; Polyethylene glycol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001095154     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf970233i     Document Type: Article

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