Degradation of methyl isothiocyanate and chloropicrin in forest nursery soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1566-1572

  Zhang, Y ^a   Spokas, K ^b   Wang, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FUMIGATION; ISOTHERMS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOISTURE;

CHLOROPICRIN (CP); METHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE (MITC); NURSERY SOILS; STERILIZED SOILS;

SOILS;

CHLOROPICRIN; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHYLISOTHIOCYANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; FOREST SOIL; HALF LIFE TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FUMIGATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FUMIGATION; GEORGIA; HALF-LIFE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ISOTHIOCYANATES; KINETICS; SOIL; WISCONSIN;

FORESTRY; FUMIGATION; ISOTHERMAL PROCESS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOISTURE; SOIL;

EID: 25844465753     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0374     Document Type: Article

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