Author: Moe HussainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Pesticide Safety Survey, 1983
Author: Moe HussainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Pesticide Safety, 1979-1983
Author: Pesticide Safety, 1979-1983
Author: H. GilbertSurvey of Pesticide Parameters
Author: David FranksPesticide Resistance
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309036275
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Based on a symposium sponsored by the Board on Agriculture, this comprehensive book explores the problem of pesticide resistance; suggests new approaches to monitor, control, or prevent resistance; and identifies the changes in public policy necessary to protect crops and human health from the ravages of pests. The volume synthesizes the most recent information from a wide range of disciplines, including entomology, genetics, plant pathology, biochemistry, economics, and public policy. It also suggests research avenues that would indicate how to counter future problems. A glossary provides the reader with additional guidance.
Pesticide Use in U.S. Agriculture
Author: Jorge Fernandez-CornejoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Pesticide use has changed considerably over the past five decades. Rapid growth characterized the first 20 years, ending in 1981. The total quantity of pesticides applied to the 21 crops analyzed grew from 196 million pounds of pesticide active ingredients in 1960 to 632 million pounds in 1981. Improvements in the types and modes of action of active ingredients applied along with small annual fluctuations resulted in a slight downward trend in pesticide use to 516 million pounds in 2008. These changes were driven by economic factors that determined crop and input prices and were influenced by pest pressures, environmental and weather conditions, crop acreages, agricultural practices (including adoption of genetically engineered crops), access to land-grant extension personnel and crop consultants, the cost-effectiveness of pesticides and other practices in protecting crop yields and quality, technological innovations in pest management systems/practices, and environmental and health regulations. Emerging pest management policy issues include the development of glyphosate-resistant weed populations associated with the large increase in glyphosate use since the late 1990s, the development of Bt-resistant western corn rootworm in some areas, and the arrival of invasive or exotic pest species, such as soybean aphid and soybean rust, which can influence pesticide use patterns and the development of Integrated Pest Management programs.
Pesticide Safety Improvement Act of 1991
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
ACPTC Proceedings
Author: Association of College Professors of Textiles and ClothingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Pesticides
Author: Graham MatthewsPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118975863
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Crop protection continues to be an important component of modern farming to maintain food production to feed an expanding human population, but considerable changes have occurred in the regulation of pesticides in Europe in the last decade. The aim has been to reduce their impact on people and the environment. This has resulted in a major reduction in the number of chemicals approved for application on crops. In other parts of the world, a continuing expansion in the growing of genetically modified crops has also changed the pattern of pesticide use. In this second edition, Graham Matthews, updates how pesticides are registered and applied and the techniques used to mitigate their effects in the environment. Information on operator safety, protection of workers in crops treated with pesticides and spray drift affecting those who live in farming areas is also discussed. By bringing together the most recent research on pesticides in a single volume, this book provides a vital up to date resource for agricultural scientists, agronomists, plant scientists, plant pathologists, entomologists, environmental scientists, public health personnel, toxicologists and others working in the agrochemical industry and governments. It should assist development of improvements in harmonising regulation of pesticides in countries with limited resources for registration of pesticides.
Pesticides
Author: G A BestPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1845693183
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
This volume covers the developments in pesticide usage, with particular emphasis on the regulations that safeguard users, consumers and the environment. It provides a comprehensive guide to the use of pesticides and the efforts of manufacturers to develop pesticides that are both effective and environmentally benign. The difficulties and hazards associated with their applications, their environmental effects, particularly in wate and the control of storage, uses and residue levels in non-agricultural habitat and in foodstuffs are also discussed.