Fine scale spatial variability of microbial pesticide degradation in soil: Scales, controlling factors, and implications

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Dechesne, Arnaud ^a   Badawi, Nora ^b   Aamand, Jens ^b   Smets, Barth F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodegradation rate; Geostatistics; Hotspot; Leaching; Motility; Tillage

Indexed keywords

BENTAZON; CARBOFURAN; ISOPROTURON; LINURON; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AMINOBACTER; CELL DENSITY; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HARVEST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; SPHINGOMONAS; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 84920680295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00667     Document Type: Review

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