The study was carried out to determine the most effective, efficient, and profitable combination offertilizer regime and pineapple residue management practice for pineapple grown on tropical peat. Three residue management practices, namely; (i) In situ decomposition of pineapple residue without any disturbance (R1), (ii) Stacking of pineapple residue slashed and raked from 0.6 m x 10 m beds int...

Many of the improvised explosive devices received at the Forensic Explosives Laboratory (FEL) contain pyrotechnic or home-made explosive mixtures as the explosive charge. Pyrotechnic residues contain a complex mixture of combustion products and unconsumed material. It has been reported that pyrotechnic residues comprise characteristic particles, similar to the formation of gunshot residue parti...

A Field experiments were conducted for two years at Agricultural Research Station, Bhavanisagar of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India during kharif season of 2010 and 2011 to evaluate the new formulation of oxyfluorfen (23.5% EC) on weed control in onion and their residual effect on succeeding crops. Herbicides are being chemical in nature, excessive and repeated use may pose...

Potential exposure to pesticide residues resulting from burning wood treated with phenoxy and pyridine herbicides was assessed. Wood samples from trees treated with 2,4-D [2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid], dicamba [3,6-dichloro-oanisic acid], dichlorprop [2-(2,4-dichlorphenoxy) propionic acid], picloram [4-amino-3,5,dtrichloropicolinic acid], and triclopyr (3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyri dinyl)oxy acet...