Degradation of acetanilide herbicides in history and nonhistory soils from Eastern Virginia

Weed Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 403-409

  Kotoula Syka, Eleni ^a,b   Hatzios, Kriton K ^a   Berry, Duane F ^a   Wilson, Henry P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Plant Prot Inst   (Greece)

Author keywords

Butylate; Carbamothioate herbicides; Chloroacetanilide herbicides; Enhanced degradation; EPTC

Indexed keywords

ACETOCHLOR; BIODEGRADATION; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; PRETILACHLOR; SOIL POLLUTION;

USA; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0030857973     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0890037x00045188     Document Type: Article

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