Technical recommendations for the update of the ISO earthworm field test guideline (ISO 11268-3)

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 182-186

  Kula, Christine ^a   Heimbach, Fred ^b   Riepert, Frank ^c   Römbke, Jörg ^d  

^a Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)   (Germany)

^b BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^d ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Field test; ISO standardisation; Pesticides; Technical recommendations; Test guideline

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; PESTICIDE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 33747839782     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/jss2006.06.167     Document Type: Article

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