Pesticide residue level in tea ecosystems of Hill and Dooars regions of West Bengal, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 457-464

  Bishnu, Avhik ^a   Chakrabarti, Kalyan ^b   Chakraborty, Ashis ^c   Saha, Tapan ^a  

^a Institute of Environmental Studies and Wetland Management   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

Maximum residue limit; Pesticide residues; Tea

Indexed keywords

1 0 0 SUBSTRATES; CHLORPYRIFOS (CHPY); MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMIT; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; TEA; TEA LEAVES; TEA SAMPLES; WATER BODIES; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INSECTICIDES; SOILS; SUBSTRATES;

PESTICIDES;

HEALTH RISK; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PYRETHROID; SUBSTRATE; TEA;

ANIMALS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HUMANS; INDIA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 58549112424     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0222-9     Document Type: Article

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