| Description |
1 online resource (x, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Books in soils, plants, and the environment |
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Books in soils, plants, and the environment.
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| Contents |
Three decades of federal integrated pest management policy / Michael S. Fitzner -- Biological control / Raghavan Charudattan, Gabriela S. Wyss, and S. Chandramohan -- Economic issues of agricultural pesticide use and policy in the United States / Craig D. Osteen and Merritt Padgitt -- Risk assessment / Nu-may Ruby Reed -- Environmental fate of pesticides / James N. Seiber -- Pesticide residue procedures for raw agricultural commodities: an international view / S. Mark Lee and Sylvia J. Richman -- Pest management issues on minor crops / Richard T. Guest and Paul M. Schwartz -- Arthropod resistance to pesticides: status and overview / David Mota-Sanchez, Patrick S. Bills, and Mark E. Whalon -- New Technologies for the delivery of pesticides in agriculture / Robert E. Wolf -- Evolution of the crop protection industry / Robert E. Holm and Jerry J. Baron |
| Summary |
Exploring the agricultural, economic and regulatory factors that affect pesticide use, this text examines crop and pest ecology, integrated pest management principles and emerging analytical tools to improve the efficacy and cost-efficiency of pest control |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Pesticides -- Environmental aspects.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Pest Control.
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Pesticides -- Environmental aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wheeler, Willis B, 1938-
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CRC Press.
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| ISBN |
0824708091 |
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9780824708092 |
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0203909437 |
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9780203909430 |
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0824743725 |
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9780824743727 |
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9781466522381 |
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1466522380 |
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