Soil contamination and persistence of pollutants following organophosphate sprays and explosions to control red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 386-396

  Cheke, Robert A ^a   Adranyi, Enoch ^a   Cox, John R ^a   Farman, Dudley I ^a   Magoma, Richard N ^b   Mbereki, Collen ^c   Mcwilliam, Andrew N ^a,d   Mtobesya, Boaz N ^b   Van der Walt, Etienne ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives   (Tanzania)

^c Department of Animal Production   (Botswana)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cyanophos; Diesel; Explosions; Fenthion; Organophosphate; Persistence; Petrol; Phthalates; Plastics; Quelea quelea; Red billed quelea; Soil

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; LEACHING; MAINTENANCE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PERSISTENCE; PEST CONTROL; SAMPLING; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPRAY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHEMISTRY; EXPLOSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALF LIFE TIME; KINETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT CONTROL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BOTSWANA; EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; HALF-LIFE; KINETICS; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT CONTROL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

QUELEA; QUELEA QUELEA;

EID: 84873950396     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3311     Document Type: Article

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