Adsorption, transport and degradation of fipronil termiticide in three Hawaii soils

Pest Management Science

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 731-739

  Shuai, Xiufu ^a   Chen, Jingyu ^b   Ray, Chittaranjan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Hawaii Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Degradation; Fipronil; Fipronil sulfide; Fipronil sulfone; Leaching

Indexed keywords

FIPRONIL; INSECTICIDE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADSORPTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LEACHING; METABOLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HALF LIFE TIME; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

ADSORPTION; HALF-LIFE; HAWAII; INSECTICIDES; PYRAZOLES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859435499     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2320     Document Type: Article

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