Herbicidal effects on nontarget vegetation: Investigating the limitations of current pesticide registration guidelines

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2634-2643

  White, Andrea L ^a   Boutin, Céline ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nontarget plants; Pesticides; Phytotoxicity; Regulatory guidelines

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDES; OCEAN HABITATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

CROP CULTIVARS; HERBICIDAL EFFECTS; HERBICIDE PHYTOTOXICITY; NONTARGET PLANTS; REGULATORY GUIDELINES;

VEGETATION;

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOMASS; CULTIVAR; HERBICIDE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGULATORY APPROACH; TOXICITY TEST; VEGETATION;

ANDROPOGON; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROP; HERBICIDAL ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LETTUCE; MAIZE; ONION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADISH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLANUM; VEGETATION;

ASCLEPIAS; AVENA SATIVA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; PESTICIDES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 37049023207     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-553.1     Document Type: Article

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