Biopesticides Handbook

Herausgeber: Nollet, Leo M L; Rathore, Hamir Singh

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offering a full spectrum and review of the range of organisms and organic products that may be used in the biological control of insects, this book discusses the uses and abuses of biopesticides that have been in circulation for more than 50 years, as well as more recent advances in this area. It describes the metabolism of these biopesticides and offers the best mode of action to prove environmental safety, detailing the present status of biopesticide residue in foodstuffs, soil, and water.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 159mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781466596528
• ISBN-10: 146659652X
• Artikelnr.: 41417608

Autorenporträt

Dr Hamir Singh Rathore is a retired professor and chairman of the Department of Applied Chemistry, Zakir Hussain College of Engineereing and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

Inhaltsangabe

Biopesticides: An Introduction. Section 1: Biopesticides: Types, Metabolism
and Mode of Action. Types of biopesticides. Metabolism of Biopesticides.
Modes of Action of Biopesticides. Section 2: Biopesticide Residues.
Biopesticide Residues in Foodstuffs. Biopesticide Residues in Water.
Biopesticide Residues in Soil. Section 3: Biopesticides: Regulatory
Schemes. Biopesticides Regulatory Schemes. Section 4: Biochemical
Biopesticides. Biochemical Pesticides: Applications of Pheromones in
Protection. Biochemical Pesticides: Oil Pesticides. Section 5: Plant
Extracts, Wastes and Fungi as Biopesticides. The use of plant extracts and
wastes from agroindustry as pest management agents. The use of fungi as
biopesticides.