Synergistic and antagonistic effects of atrazine on the toxicity of organophosphorodithioate and organophosphorothioate insecticides to Chironomus tentans (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-64

  Anderson, Troy D ^a   Zhu, Kun Yan ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase; Organophosphates; Synergism

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA;

EID: 3543063575     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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