Availability of pesticide-treated seed on arable fields

Pest Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 501-506

  De Snoo, Geert R ^a   Luttik, Robert ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pesticides; Risk assessment; Seed treatment; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARABLE LAND; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEED PREDATION; SEED TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRD; CLAY; DRILL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PLANT SEED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANDY SOIL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED TREATMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPILLAGE; SPRING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MAMMALS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEEDS; SOIL; TRITICUM;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2342434550     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.824     Document Type: Article

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