Survival and growth of diazotrophic cyanobacterial isolates exposed to rice-field herbicides

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1052-1058

  Singh, S ^a   Datta, P ^a   Patel, R ^a  

^a RANI DURGAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALACHLOR; HERBICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CYANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; RICE;

ANIMALS; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HERBICIDES; ORYZA SATIVA; SURVIVAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0037406776     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0089-y     Document Type: Article

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