Dissipation of atrazine and two N-dealkylated metabolites in soils of sugarcane plantations under field conditions in Barbados

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 4-6, 2005, Pages 783-794

  Wood, Beverley P ^a   Gumbs, Frank ^b   Headley, John V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ATRAZINE; DISSIPATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 17844398033     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-200043386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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