Neonicotinoid Insecticide Residues in Surface Water and Soil Associated with Commercial Maize (Corn) Fields in Southwestern Ontario

W. Schaafsma, A.; Limay‐Rios, Victor; Baute, Tracey; L Smith, Jocelyn; Xue, Yingen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118139

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Neonicotinoid Insecticide Residues in Surface Water and Soil Associated with Commercial Maize (Corn) Fields in Southwestern Ontario

Published in PLoS ONE • Feb 24, 2015

Authors:

A. W. Schaafsma

Victor Limay‐Rios

Tracey Baute

Abstract

Neonicotinoid insecticides have come under scrutiny for their potential unintended effects on non-target organisms, particularly pollinators in agro-ecosystems. As part of a larger study of neonicotinoid residues associated with maize (corn) production, 76 water samples within or around the perimete...

Subject

Clothianidin

Neonicotinoid

Sowing

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