Behavior of pesticide residues in agricultural soil and adjacent River Kuywa sediment and water samples from Nzoia sugarcane belt in Kenya

Environmentalist

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 433-444

  Muendo, Boniface M ^a   Lalah, Joseph O ^b   Getenga, Zachary M ^c  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b Kenya Polytechnic University College   (Kenya)

^c MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Half life; Pesticide usage; Residues; River sediment; Seasonal variation; Sugarcane farm; Water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BELT; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EUROPEAN UNION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HERBICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SUGAR CANE; WATER COLUMN;

KENYA; NZOIA BASIN;

BOS;

EID: 84871025933     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-012-9407-4     Document Type: Article

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