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Factors Affecting Pesticide Behavior and Breakdown

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MF958 Factors Affecting Pesticide Behavior and Breakdown

by Donald C. Cress David L. Regehr

  • Published Date: May 1990
Temperature, light, moisture, bacteria, pH, etc. all affect the pesticides in different ways and cause them to break down at varying rates. Thus half life is dependent on many & varying factors. 8 pages.
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