Pesticide mobility on a hillside soil in St. Lucia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-188

  McDonald, Lucius ^a   Jebellie, Seyed J ^b   Madramootoo, Chandra A ^b   Dodds, Georges T ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture   (Saint Lucia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ametryn; Degradation; Pesticides; Pirimiphos ethyl; St. Lucia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; HILL FARMING; LEACHING; MOBILITY; PESTICIDE;

SAINT LUCIA;

EID: 0033521894     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(98)00178-9     Document Type: Article

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