Enhanced Biodegradation of Pesticides in the Environment

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Content: Pesticides in the soil microbial ecosystem / Kenneth D. Racke --
Effects of long-term phenoxyalkanoic acid herbicide field applications on the rate of microbial degradation / Allan E. Smith and Guy P. Lafond --
Enhanced carbamothioate herbicide degradation : research in Nebraska / Fred W. Roeth, Robert G. Wilson, Alex R. Martin, and Patrick J. Shea --
Enhanced biodegradation of carbamothioate herbicides in South Carolina / Horace D. Skipper --
Enhanced biodegradation of dicarboximide fungicides in soil / Allan Walker and Sarah J. Welch --
Enhanced biodegradation of insecticides in Midwestern corn soils / Kenneth D. Racke and Joel R. Coats --
Enhanced degradation of insecticides in soil : factors influencing the development and effects of enhanced microbial activity / R.A. Chapman and C.R. Harris --
Enhanced degradation of S-ethyl N, N-dipropylcarbamothioate in soil and by an isolated soil microorganism / W.A. Dick, R.O. Ankumah, G. McClung, and N. Abou-Assaf --
The role of fungi and bacteria in the enhanced degradation of the fungicide carbendazim and the herbicide diphenamid / N. Aharonson, J. Katan, E. Avidov, and O. Yarden --
Influence of pesticide metabolites on the development of enhanced biodegradation / L. Somasundaram and Joel R. Coats --
Molecular genetics of pesticide degradation by soil bacteria / Jeffrey S. Karns --
Response of microbial populations to carbofuran in soils enhanced for its degradation / R.F. Turco and A.E. Konopka --
Adaptation of microorganisms in subsurface environments : significance to pesticide degradation / Thomas B. Moorman --
Microbial adaptation in aquatic ecosystems / J.C. Spain --
Evaluation of some methods for coping with enhanced biodegradation of soil insecticides / A.S. Felsot and J.J. Tollefson --
Systems allowing continued use of carbamothioate herbicides despite enhanced biodegradation / Robert G. Harvey --
Cultural practices and chemicals that affect the persistence of carbamothioate herbicides in soil / Dirk C. Drost, James E. Rodebush, and Joanna K. Hsu --
Spectrophotometric methodologies for predicting and studying enhanced degradation / Joseph P. Reed, Robert J. Kremer, and Armon J. Keaster --
Enhancing biodegradation for detoxification of herbicide waste in soil / A.S. Felsot and E.K. Dzantor --
Implications of enhanced biodegradation for the use and study of pesticides in the soil environment / Kenneth D. Racke --
Key chemical structures.

Author(s): Kenneth D. Racke and Joel R. Coats (Eds.)
Series: ACS Symposium Series 426
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Year: 1990

Language: English
Pages: 306