Fate of a pesticide in an agricultural environment

dc.contributor.author	Tharanga, MA
dc.contributor.author	Chaturangani, LBJ
dc.contributor.author	Gunasekera, MY
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-21T02:12:40Z
dc.date.available	2013-10-21T02:12:40Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.uri	http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/8174
dc.description.abstract	The main purpose of this work was to develop a multimedia distribution model to use as a tool to predict the fate and transport of a pesticide in an agro-ecosystem. This mode was developed to suit the Sri Lankan paddy\ field environmental conditions in combination with the unit world' model environment concept. The fugacitv models level I and Level III were used as the base for this development The model was applied to 'chlorpyrifos' which is a commonly used pesticide in Sri Lanka. The predicted fate of Chlorpyrifos shows higher concentrations in the soil and sediment compartments in the modelled environment.
dc.language	en
dc.title	Fate of a pesticide in an agricultural environment
dc.type	Conference-Extended-Abstract
dc.identifier.year	2010
dc.identifier.conference	Research for Industry
dc.identifier.place	Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa
dc.identifier.pgnos	pp. 5-8
dc.identifier.proceeding	16th Annual symposium on Research and Industry