Pesticide selectivity, health and the environment.
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Bill Carlile
- ناشر : Cambridge : Cambridge Univ Press,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9780511249211
Description
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements and permissions; Trademarks and registered trademarks; Abbreviations and acronyms; Units; 1 The rationale, principles and regulation of pesticide use; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Selectivity, toxicity and dose response; 1.3 Concepts of hazard and risk; 1.4 Pesticide discovery and development; 1.5 Regulation of pesticide use; 1.6 Extent of the pesticide industry; 2 Herbicides and plant growth regulators; 3 Fungicides; 4 Insecticides and other compounds that control invertebrate pests
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.
