Hydrolysis and biodegradation of sulfonylurea herbicides in aqueous buffers and anaerobic water-sediment systems: Assessing fate pathways using molecular descriptors

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1500-1507

  Berger, Bernhard M ^a,b   Wolfe, N Lee ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Inst F Pflanzenpathologie P   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degradation; Products; QSAR; Sediments; Sulfonylureas

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; HERBICIDE; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SEDIMENT; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0029818907     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620150911     Document Type: Article

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