Methods for assessing the toxicity of herbicides to submersed aquatic plants

Pest Management Science

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 715-722

  Knauer, Katja ^a,d   Vervliet Scheebaum, Marco ^b   Dark, Roberta J ^c   Maund, Stephen J ^a  

^a SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Elodea; Herbicide toxicity; Myriophyllum

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; FRESH WATER; HERBICIDE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; MACROPHYTE; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TOXICITY TEST;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROCHARITACEAE; METHODOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANGIOSPERMS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FERTILIZERS; FRESH WATER; HERBICIDES; HYDROCHARITACEAE; TOXICITY TESTS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ELODEA CANADENSIS; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM;

EID: 33746459778     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1226     Document Type: Article

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