Mineralization of 2,4-D and atrazine in the unsaturated zone of a sandy loam soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 989-996

  Willems, Hans P L ^a   Lewis, K J ^a   Dyson, J S ^a   Lewis, F J ^a  

^a JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDE;

EID: 0030201270     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(96)00123-X     Document Type: Article

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