Sources of variability in plant toxicity testing

Chemosphere

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1599-1612

  Clark, Jeremy ^a   Ortego, Lisa S ^b,c   Fairbrother, Anne ^d  

^a 1600 SW Western Blvd Ste 165   (United States)

^b Nickel Producers Environ Res A   (United States)

^c BAYER CROPSCIENCE   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endpoint sensitivity; Herbicide effects; Phytotoxicity; Plant sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; ROOT; SHOOT;

CROPS; GREENHOUSES; HERBICIDES; SOILS; TOXICITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HERBICIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOAVAILABILITY; HERBICIDE; PHYTOTOXICITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TEST;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; GENUS; GREENHOUSE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL; SPECIES; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; HERBICIDES; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 7044221769     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.07.044     Document Type: Article

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