pesticides in the environment environmental pesticide test pesticide movement pesticide degradation pesticide runoff environmental safety integrated pest management IPM principles pesticide impact practice questions

What impacts pesticide cycling Adsorption, Degradation, Hydrophobicity, Volitilization


Clay particle Any mineral in soils that is less than 2 microns in diameter




2:1 clay A category of clay minerals with sheet morphology (two Si tetrahedral
attached to one sheet of Al octahedral)

, Montmorillonite a 2:1 clay mineral that is a smectite




1:1 clay A category of clay minerals with one sheet of Si tetrahedra attached to
one sheet of Al octahedra




Allophane a poorly crystalline aluminosilicate formed in soils with volcanic ash input


Gibbsite an oxide mineral with Al in it


Clay mineral A category of minerals that have sheet morphology