Determination of pesticide residues in soil of nawabshah district, Sindh Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-93

  Anwar, Tahir ^a   Ahmad, Imtiaz ^b   Tahir, Seema ^b  

^a Karachi University Campus   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Organochlorine; Organophosphate; Pesticide residues in soil; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COTTON; DETECTION METHOD; ESTER; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL;

NAWABSHAH; PAKISTAN; SIND;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84855425127     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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