Toxicity screening of insecticide residues in soil using nontarget microarthropod species

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-139

  Pramanik, R ^a   Sarkar, K ^a   Joy, V C ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Insecticides; Residual toxicity; Soil microarthropods

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DICHLORVOS; ENDOSULFAN; HEPTACHLOR; INSECTICIDE; PARATHION METHYL; PHOSPHAMIDON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LD 50; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0031892720     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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