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Protocols for Quantifying Transferable Pesticide Residues in Turfgrass Systems
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The 49th annual Florida Pesticide Residue Workshop
Sherri B Turnipseed1, Joe Romano
1Animal Drugs Research Center, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Denver, Colorado 80225, United States.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
|January 4, 2013
Abstract:
The papers in this special issue of Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry were originally presented at the 49th annual Florida Pesticide Residue Workshop (FPRW). The FPRW is an annual meeting for scientists specializing in trace level analysis of pesticides, veterinary drug residues, and other chemical contaminants in food, animal feed, and environmental samples.
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