Impact of polyacrylamide treatment on sorptive dynamics and degradation of 2,4-D and atrazine in agricultural soil

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-147

  Watwood, Mary E ^a,c   Kay Shoemake, Jeanine L ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Owens Community College   (United States)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 dichlorophenoxycarboxylic acid; Biodegradation; Erosion; PAM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034033668     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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