Wet deposition of current use pesticides at a rural location on the Delmarva Peninsula: Impact of rainfall patterns and agricultural activity

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7915-7924

  Goel, Anubha ^a   McConnell, Laura L ^b   Torrents, Alba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Choptank; Delmarva Peninsula; Pesticides; Precipitation; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; RAIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; DELAWARE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; MARYLAND; PESTICIDES; RAIN; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27144462022     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0507700     Document Type: Article

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