Residues of pesticides and herbicides in soils from agriculture areas of Delhi region, India

Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 328-338

  Kumar, Bhupander ^a   Gaur, Richa ^a   Goel, Gargi ^a   Mishra, Meenu ^a   Singh, S K ^a   Prakash, Dev ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Sharma, C S ^a  

^a CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil; Herbicides; India; Organochlorine; Organophosphate; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863808578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15794377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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