Residues of Organic Insecticides in Soils.
Hexachlorocyclohexane, DDT, parathion and toxaphene, each mixed at several concentrations with sandy loam, clay loam and muck, were leached with water and aged in a greenhouse. Bioassays, using Drosophila adults or mosquito larvae, showed that rate of decomposition was most rapid with parathion, fol...
Main Author: | Proverbs, Maurice Desmond |
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Other Authors: | Morrison, Frank O. (Supervisor) |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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McGill University
1952
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Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=108626 |
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