Persistence of endosulfan and endosulfan sulfate in soil as affected by moisture regime and organic matter addition

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 725-731

  Sethunathan, N ^a   Megharaj, M ^a   Chen, Z ^a   Singh, N ^a   Kookana, R S ^a   Naidu, R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSULFAN; ENDOSULFAN SULFATE; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; COTTON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AGRICULTURE; ENDOSULFAN; GOSSYPIUM; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SULFATES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0036589823     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280314     Document Type: Article

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