Dissipation of acetochlor and its distribution in surface and sub-surface soil fractions during laboratory incubations

Pest Management Science

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 539-548

  Taylor, Jason P ^a,d   Mills, Margaret S ^b   Burns, Richard G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetochlor; Dissipation; Environmental fate; Herbicide; Soil fractionation; Subsoil

Indexed keywords

ACETOCHLOR; HERBICIDE; TOLUIDINE DERIVATIVE;

DISSIPATION; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; TIME;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HERBICIDES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TOLUIDINES;

EID: 19944406800     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1006     Document Type: Article

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