Persistence of carbofuran in two Malaysian soils

Plant Protection Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 179-183

  Farahani, G H N ^a   Zakaria, Zuriati ^a   Kuntom, Aini ^b   Omar, Dzolkifli ^c   Ismail, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbofuran; Dissipation; Half life; Insecticide; pH; Soils; Water content

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649109702     PISSN: 08152195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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