Bill Carlile

Pesticide Selectivity, Health and the Environment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers how pesticides selectively kill their target organisms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 166mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780521010818
• ISBN-10: 0521010810
• Artikelnr.: 21007581

Autorenporträt

W. R. Carlile is a Principal Lecturer in Crop Science at Nottingham Trent University. He is also an advisor to several major agrochemical companies.

Inhaltsangabe

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.