Measurements of pesticide spray drift deposition into field boundaries and hedgerows: 1. Summer applications

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-172

  Longley, Martin ^a,c   Çilgi, Tamer ^a   Jepson, Paul C ^b   Sotherton, Nicolas W ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buffer zone; Conservation Headland; Field boundary; Pesticide drift

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PESTICIDE;

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BUTTERFLY; CROP; DRY DEPOSITION; LARVA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SUMMER; VOLUMETRY;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0031042583     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<0165:MOPSDD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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