Methyl bromide is a highly toxic and penetrating compound used extensively as an insecticide for dry foodstuffs and as a soil fumigant (in greenhouses and fields) for the control of nematodes, fungi, and weeds. More than 300 cases of systemic poisoning and 60 fatalities attributable to methyl bromid
Influence of methyl bromide soil fumigation method on fungicidal efficacy and bromide residues
β Scribed by Hillela Vigodsky Haas; L. Klein
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 334 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0334-2123
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