Neonicotinoid insecticide residues in surface water and soil associated with commercial maize (corn) fields in Southwestern Ontario

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Schaafsma, Arthur ^a   Limay Rios, Victor ^a   Baute, Tracey ^b   Smith, Jocelyn ^a   Xue, Yingen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHIANIDIN; SURFACE WATER; THIAMETHOXAM; WATER; ((E)-1-(2-CHLORO-1,3-THIAZOL-5-YLMETHYL)-3-METHYL-2-NITROGUANIDINE); FRESH WATER; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROP PRODUCTION; HONEYBEE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WIND EROSION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ONTARIO; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

APIS MELLIFERA; ZEA MAYS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FRESH WATER; GUANIDINES; INSECTICIDES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; ONTARIO; OXAZINES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THIAZOLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84923327413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118139     Document Type: Article

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