Degradation and leaching of fluroxypyr after application to railway tracks

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1884-1892

  Cederlund, H ^a   Borjesson E ^a   Jonsson, E ^b   Thierfelder, T ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLUROXYPYR; LABORATORY STUDIES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; RAILWAY TRACK; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDES; LEACHING; METABOLITES; RAILROADS; SOIL MOISTURE; WEED CONTROL;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

DRINKING WATER; FLUROXYPYR; FLUROXYPYR METHOXYPYRIDINE; FLUROXYPYR PYRIDINOL; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE; PYRIDINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEACHING; METABOLITE; RAILWAY; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

ACETATES; HERBICIDES; PYRIDINES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84869448637     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0035     Document Type: Article

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