Pesticide decay in turf: A review of processes and experimental data

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-12

  Magri, Antoni ^a   Haith, Douglas A ^b  

^a ESRI   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC SOILS; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICES; DECAY RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FATE AND TRANSPORTS; FIRST ORDERS; MICROBIAL DECAYS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPECIFIC VALUES;

DECAY (ORGANIC); SOILS;

PESTICIDES;

HALF-LIFE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POACEAE;

EID: 58349122914     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0620     Document Type: Review

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