Bill Carlile

Pesticide Selectivity Health Envir

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• 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.