Pesticide Selectivity Health Envir

Informationen zum Autor W. R. Carlile is a Principal Lecturer in Crop Science at Nottingham Trent University. He is also an advisor to several major agrochemical companies. Klappentext This book considers how pesticides selectively kill their target organisms. Zusammenfassung Pesticides kill their target organisms whilst presenting little threat to human health and the environment. This book considers pesticide selectivity, by looking at the basis of selectivity of herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and vertebrate control agents, and concludes with chapters on toxicology and the risks to public health and non-target organisms. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The rationale, principles and regulation of pesticide use; 2. Herbicides and plant growth regulators; 3. Fungicides; 4. Insecticides and other compounds that control invertebrate pests; 5. Soil sterilants, fumigants and vertebrate poisons; 6. Pesticide toxicology; 7. Pesticides and human health; 8. Pesticides in the environment; 9. Pesticides and non-target species; 10. Public perceptions, comparative risk assessment, and future prospects for pesticides.

Klappentext
This book considers how pesticides selectively kill their target organisms.


Zusammenfassung
Pesticides kill their target organisms whilst presenting little threat to human health and the environment. This book considers pesticide selectivity, by looking at the basis of selectivity of herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and vertebrate control agents, and concludes with chapters on toxicology and the risks to public health and non-target organisms.

Inhalt
1. The rationale, principles and regulation of pesticide use; 2. Herbicides and plant growth regulators; 3. Fungicides; 4. Insecticides and other compounds that control invertebrate pests; 5. Soil sterilants, fumigants and vertebrate poisons; 6. Pesticide toxicology; 7. Pesticides and human health; 8. Pesticides in the environment; 9. Pesticides and non-target species; 10. Public perceptions, comparative risk assessment, and future prospects for pesticides.

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