Spray droplet size, drift potential, and risks to nontarget organisms from aerially applied glyphosate for coca control in Colombia

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 921-929

  Hewitt, Andrew J ^a,b   Solomon, Keith R ^c   Marshall, E J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LINCOLN AGRITECH LTD   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d Marshall Agroecology Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYPHOSATE; WATER; DEFOLIANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; STREET DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIRCRAFT; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BEET; BRASSICA; COCA; COLOMBIA; CUCUMBER; CYPERUS; EVAPORATION; HUMAN; LASER DIFFRACTION; MAIZE; MELON; NEBULIZATION; NONHUMAN; OAT; OKRA; ONION; PARTICLE SIZE; PEA; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADISH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SORGHUM; SOYBEAN; SUNFLOWER; VELOCITY; WHEAT; AIR; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; EMULSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; PAPAVER;

AMPHIBIA; MIMOSA; PAPAVER;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; COCA; DEFOLIANTS, CHEMICAL; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; EMULSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLYCINE; HUMANS; PAPAVER; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 69149101706     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390902929667     Document Type: Article

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