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The Comparative Toxicities of Monuron and Simazin in Soil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

T. J. Sheets*
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, ARS, USDA, Botany Dept., Univ. of Calif., Davis, Calif.
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In recent years the relationships of 3–(p–chlorophenyl)–1,1–dimethylurea (monuron) phytotoxicity and various factors in the soil have received considerable attention (1, 3, 5, 6). Similar information for 2–chloro–4,6–bis–(ethylamino)–s–triazine (simazin) is lacking because of its later development as a herbicide. The experiments reported here were initiated to compare (a) the toxicity of monuron and simazin in solution culture and in soil, (b) the inactivation of the two compounds in soil and, (c) their downward movement through soil columns.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , April 1959 , pp. 189 - 194
Copyright
Copyright © 1959 Weed Science Society of America 

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