Mass spectrometry of the photolysis of sulfonylurea herbicides in Prairie waters

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 593-605

  Headley, John V ^a   Du, Jing Long ^b   Peru, Kerry M ^a   McMartin, Dena W ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Degradation; Electrospray; Mass spectrometry; Photolysis; Sulfonylurea herbicides

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN PRAIRIE; CHLORSULFURON; DATA GAP; ELECTROSPRAYS; ETHAMETSULFURON-METHYL; FIELD DISSIPATION; INSTRUMENTAL DETECTION; ION ELECTROSPRAY; LC-MS/MS; METSULFURON METHYL; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; PHOTOLYSIS PRODUCTS; PHOTOLYTIC REACTIONS; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER KINETICS; RADIATION WAVELENGTH; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; SULFONYLUREA HERBICIDES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION; WATER MATRICES;

BIODEGRADATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

EID: 77955681858     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: 10982787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.20259     Document Type: Review

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