Advances in surfactants for agrochemicals

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-95

  Castro, Mariano J L ^a   Ojeda, Carlos ^a   Cirelli, Alicia Fernández ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Agriculture; Glyphosate; Pesticide; Plant cell; Surfactant formulation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; DYES; HERBICIDES;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; ADJUVANT; ECOTOXICITY; FOLIAR UPTAKE; GLYPHOSATES; GROWTH REGULATORS; PESTICIDE FORMULATIONS; PLANTS CELLS; PROPERTY; SURFACTANT FORMULATION;

CATIONIC SURFACTANTS;

EID: 84893949749     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-013-0432-4     Document Type: Review

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