Dairy manure incorporation stimulates rapid atrazine mineralization in an agricultural soil

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 403-409

  Topp, Edward ^a   Tessier, Laurent ^a   Gregorich, Edward G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

herbicide biodegradation; manure incorporation; Soil atrazine dissipation

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION; HERBICIDE; MANURE; MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0030440355     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjss96-048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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