Neutralization of the antimicrobial effect of glyphosate by humic acid in vitro

Awad A Shehata1, Manfred Kühnert2, Svent Haufe2

  • 1Institute of Bacteriology and Mycology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig University, An den Tierkliniken 29, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agronomy at the University Leipzig, Gustav-Kuhn Straße 8, 04159 Leipzig, Germany; Avian and Rabbit Diseases Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sadat City University, Egypt.

Chemosphere
|November 26, 2013
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