Atrazine degradation and enzyme activities in an agricultural soil under two tillage systems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 187-194

  Mahía, Jorge ^a   Martín, Angela ^a   Carballas, Tarsy ^a   Díaz Raviña, Montserrat ^a  

^a Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

glucosidase; Atrazine and its metabolites; Conventional tillage; No tillage; Urease

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE AND ITS METABOLITES; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; UREASE;

AGRICULTURE; DEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; METABOLITES;

SOILS;

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ATRAZINE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; HYDROXYATRAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION; CEREAL; CROP ROTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MAIZE; SOIL POLLUTION; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASS; HUMIDITY; MAIZE; METABOLITE; NO TILLAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; SURFACE SOIL; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ATRAZINE; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; HERBICIDES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; UREASE; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; DEGRADATION; ENZYMES; GLUCOSIDASE; METABOLISM; SOIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34147106534     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.036     Document Type: Article

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