Behavior of methyl isothiocyanate in soils under field conditions in Morocco

Chemosphere

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 927-932

  El Hadiri, N ^a,b   Ammati, M ^a   Chgoura, M ^a,b   Mounir, K ^a  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Dissipation time; Fumigant; Metam sodium; Soil disinfestation

Indexed keywords

CLAY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLASTIC FILMS;

SANDY SOILS;

SAND;

CYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHYLISOTHIOCYANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISSIPATION; FUMIGANT; METABOLITE; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CLAY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MOROCCO; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SAND; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

MOROCCO;

EID: 0038171500     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00331-4     Document Type: Article

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