Assessment of acetochlor use areas in the sahel region of Western Africa using geospatial methods.

The goal of this study was to determine the co-occurrence between acetochlor use on crops and potentially vulnerable soils in the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel region of Western Africa. Acetochlor, a pre-emergence herbicide, is used primarily on row crops and has th...

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Main Authors: Cornelis Hoogeweg, Brian Kearns, Naresh Pai, Mark Thomas, Ian van Wesenbeeck, Annette Kirk, Jim Baxter, Acetochlor Registration Partnership
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230990