Fate of atrazine in a grassed phytoremediation system

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1836-1842

  Henderson, Keri L ^a   Belden, Jason B ^b   Coats, Joel R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Mass balance; Metabolites; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METABOLITES; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS;

AGROCHEMICAL; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PRAIRIE GRASSES;

HERBICIDES;

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ATRAZINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEETHYLATRAZINE;

ATRAZINE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GRASS; METABOLITE; MINERALIZATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL AMENDMENT;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; FORAGE; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; GRASSLAND; LEAF TISSUE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT; PLANT RESIDUE; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL DEGRADATION;

ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MINERALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POACEAE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VOLATILIZATION;

POACEAE;

EID: 34548507744     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-493R.1     Document Type: Article

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