Nanopesticides: State of knowledge, environmental fate, and exposure modeling

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1823-1867

  Kah, M ^a   Beulke, S ^b   Tiede, K ^b   Hofmann, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agriculture; formulation; microemulsion; nanoparticle; nanotechnology; pesticide; plant protection product; regulation; silver

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS; APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FORMULATION; NANOMETER SIZE RANGE; PESTICIDE FORMULATIONS; PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS; REGULATION;

AGRICULTURE; MICROEMULSIONS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVER;

PESTICIDES;

ALACHLOR; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOFURAN; CHLORPYRIFOS; CINNAMIC ACID; CIPERMETHRIN; CYHALOTHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; GARLIC OIL; IMIDACLOPRID; IONIC SURFACTANT; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METAL OXIDE; NANOCAPSULE; NANOCARRIER; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOMATERIAL; NANOSPHERE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; NEEM OIL; NORFLURAZON; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PESTICIDE; POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLE; SURFACTANT; TEBUCONAZOLE; TRICLOSAN;

EMULSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EUROPEAN UNION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PESTICIDE; POLYMER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVER; SOLUBILITY; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; COLLOID; DEGRADATION; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROCAPSULE; MICROEMULSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOEMULSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOLUBILITY; VOLATILIZATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84873745917     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2012.671750     Document Type: Article

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