Dependence of accelerated degradation of atrazine on soil pH in French and Canadian soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 615-625

  Houot, Sabine ^a   Topp, Edward ^b   Yassir, Abdellah ^a   Soulas, Guy ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Pest Management Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerated mineralization; Atrazine; PH; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ATRAZINE; BIOMASS; CANADA; FRANCE; METABOLITE; MINERALIZATION; PESTICIDE DEGRADATION; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PH;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ATRAZINE; DEGRADATION; PH; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; FRANCE;

EID: 0034065684     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00188-1     Document Type: Article

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