The contamination of agricultural soils with inorganic (Cu-based) and organic pesticides
(including their residues) presents a major environmental and toxicological concern. This …

The soil sorption coefficient Kd and the soil organic carbon sorption coefficient KOC of
pesticides are basic parameters used by environmental scientists and regulatory agencies …

CHOICE Award WinnerTransport and transformation processes are key for determining how
humans and other organisms are exposed to chemicals. These processes are largely …

Argentina has 31 million hectares given over to agriculture comprising 2.2% of the world's
total area under cultivation (Stock Exchange of Rosario, Argentina). Despite the intensity of …

A bacterial strain (CF06) that mineralized both the carbonyl group and the aromatic ring of
the insecticide carbofuran and that is capable of using carbofuran as a sole source of carbon …

The isolate NJ-101 obtained from agricultural soil was characterized and presumptively
identified as Pseudomonas sp. The isolate exhibited efficient degradation of the insecticide …

This study investigated the behavior of pesticides commonly used on potato in a part of
northwestern Spain with a large area devoted to this crop. Experimental potato plots were …

Microorganisms capable of degrading carbofuran were isolated from soils and examined for
the degradation of this pesticide at ring structure. An isolate that could degrade carbofuran …

Pesticides are substances used for the destruction or control of pest. They include
insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides rats and mice, molluscides and others …

Adsorption–desorption studies of metalaxyl in fifteen agricultural soil samples from Southern
Portugal and Spain were performed following a batch equilibration method. Very high …