1st Edition

Radioisotopes in Weed Research

Edited By Kassio Mendes Copyright 2021
240 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

240 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

240 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Herbicides are of great importance in weed management and are one of the most widely used pesticide groups for weed control across the globe. Concerns around the residual effects of these intensively used chemicals are equally widespread. Offering a new direction for research that focuses on herbicide behavior and its impacts on the environment, this book covers the use of radioisotopes in weed... Read more

1. Historical Use of Radioisotopes in Weed Research

Ziming Yue and Te-Ming Tseng

2. Sorption and Desorption Studies of Herbicides in the Soil by Batch Equilibrium and Stirred Flow Methods

Kassio Ferreira Mendes et al.

3. Mobility studies of herbicides in the soil: Soil thin layer chromatography, leaching columns and lysimeters

Vanessa Takeshita et al.

4. Anaerobic and Aerobic Degradation Studies of Herbicides and Radiorespirometry of Microbial Activity in Soil

Kassio Ferreira Mendes et al.

5. Absorption, translocation and metabolism studies of herbicides in weeds and crops

Ricardo Alcántara-de la Cruz et al.

6. Radiological Protection for the use of Radiation and Radioisotopes in Agricultural Research

Luca Ciciani and Alessandro Rizzo

Biography

Prof. Dr. Kassio Ferreira Mendes is a Professor of Biology and Integrated Management of Weed, Department of Agronomy, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Post-Doctor (2019) and Doctor (2017) in Science - Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (Chemistry in Agriculture and Environment) by Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Brazil with fellow sandwich University of Minnesota, USA (2016), Twin Cities Campus - College of Food and Agricultural Sciences in the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate. Master in Agronomy (Crop Science) by Federal University of Viçosa (2013). Agronomist by University of State Mato Grosso (2011). Member of Brazilian Society of Weed Science.