Role of water table management in reducing metribuzin pollution

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1051-1060

  Jebellie, S J ^a,b   Prasher, S O ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Herbicides; Metribuzin; Pollution control; Subsurface irrigation; Water table management

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HERBICIDES; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; LYSIMETERS; RAIN; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER ANALYSIS;

METRIBUZIN; SUBSURFACE IRRIGATION; WATER TABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE;

EID: 0032122268     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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