Nitrate and pesticide contamination of groundwater under rice-based cropping systems: Past and current evidence from the Philippines

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 185-199

  Bouman, B A M ^a   Castaneda A R ^a   Bhuiyan, S I ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Contamination; Groundwater; Nitrate; Pesticide; Philippines; Rice

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CROPPING PRACTICE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; PESTICIDE; RICE;

PHILIPPINES;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0036837955     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00297-3     Document Type: Article

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