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Influence of molecular structure on sorption of phenoxyalkanoic herbicides on soil and its particle size fractions

G Haberhauer1, L Pfeiffer, M H Gerzabek

  • 1Department of Environmental Research, Austrian Research Centers, Seibersdorf. Georg.Haberhauer@arcs.ac.at

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
|August 24, 2000
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