Soil amidase activity in polyacrylamide-treated soils and potential activity toward common amide-containing pesticides

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-186

  Kay Shoemake, Jeanine L ^a   Watwood, Mary E ^a   Sojka, Robert E ^b   Lentz, Roderick D ^b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbaryl; Diphenamid; Naphthalene acetamide; Polyacrylamide; Soil amidase

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE; AMENDED SOIL; AMIDASE; AMIDE; CARBARIL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYMIC HYDROLYSIS; IRRIGATION; NAPHTHALENE ACETAMIDE; POLYACRYLAMIDE; WATER;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRRIGATION; PESTICIDE; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034038229     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050643     Document Type: Article

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