Atmospheric emissions of methyl isothiocyanate and chloropicrin following soil fumigation and surface containment treatment in bare-root forest nurseries

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1202-1212

  Wang, D ^a   Juzwik, J ^b   Fraedrich, S W ^b   Spokas, K ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Koskinen, W C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FUMIGATION; SEED; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

AIR EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS; SOIL FUMIGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EMISSION; FUMIGATION; NONTARGET ORGANISM; SEEDLING;

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; FUMIGATION; NURSERIES; SEEDLINGS; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WISCONSIN; WORLD;

EID: 24644486961     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-044     Document Type: Article

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