1st Edition
Pesticides in Agriculture and the Environment
Edited By Willis B. Wheeler
Copyright 2002
348 Pages
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CRC Press
360 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Discussing the range of effects of pesticides on food and human safety, water quality, wildlife, and pest management, this book explores the agricultural, economic, and regulatory factors that affect pesticide use. It examines crop and pest ecology, integrated pest management principles, and emerging analytical tools to improve the efficacy and cost-efficiency of pest control. Expert contributions... Read more
Three decades of federal integrated pest management policy; biological control; economic issues of agricultural pesticide use and policy in the United States; risk assessment; environmental fate of pesticides; pesticide residue procedures for rawagricultural commodities - an international view; pest management issues on minor crops; arthropod resistance to pesticides - status and overview; new technologies for the delivery of pesticides in agriculture; evolution of the crop protection industry.
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Willis B. Wheeler
"This volume is well written and illustrated. It will provide a useful reference for agriculturalists and pest management specialists … ."
- The Quarterly Review of Biology
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