Effect of light on degradation of herbicide prometryn in soil
Chen Jiang
Nanjing Agricultural University
Chen jiang, 27 years old, is currently a Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Prof. Hong Yang in college of Science, Nanjing Agricultural University. His research interest focuses on the analysis and determination of pesticide residues in environment and environmental behavior of pesticides.
Hong Yang
Nanjing Agricultural University
Hong Yang, born in 1958, is a proffesor and doctoral supervisor of pesticide with a doctorate in Nanjing Agricultural University in China. She is one of the chemistry teaching steering committee members of higher school college of the ministry of education. Main research fields are pesticide residue analysis and molecular ecotoxicology, the environmental behavior of pesticides in soil, water and plant, and microbial degradation mechanism. She was awarded third prize of national invention (second), Jiangsu science and technology progress award (second), and the ministry of agriculture science and technology progress prize (second), etc. She has published 50 SCI articles as a corresponding author.
Abstract
Prometryn has been used in crop (e.g. corn and sorghum) field or orchard to prevent growth of annual grasses and broadleaf weeds. As a moderately persistent herbicide in soil, prometryn may exert detrimental effects on... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Chen Jiang (Nanjing Agricultural University)
- Hong Yang (Nanjing Agricultural University)
Topic Area
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Session
PS » Poster Session Available from 14th - 17th August (16:45 - Wednesday, 17th August, Arts/Science Concourse)
