Acute and chronic toxicity of four commonly used agricultural pesticides on the Asian common toad, Bufo melanostictus schneider

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-276

  Jayawardena, U A ^a   Navaratne, A N ^a   Amerasinghe, P H ^b   Rajakaruna, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bufo melanostictus; Chlorpyrifos; Dimethoate; Glyphosate; Malformations; Propanil

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053328345     PISSN: 13914588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v39i3.3631     Document Type: Article

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