Factors influencing rates of degradation of an arylamide and a benzoic acid in subsoils

Pest Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 607-614

  Nicholls, Peter ^a   Campbell, Andrew T ^a   Williams, Roger H ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arylamide; Benzoic acid; Degradation; Micro organisms; Subsoil

Indexed keywords

4 NITROBENZOIC ACID; AROMATIC AMIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROPIONAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

BIODEGRADATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDATION; PH; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOIL TREATMENT; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 0033934090     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1526-4998(200007)56:7<607::AID-PS189>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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