Author : Stanislav Trdan
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9535109588
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (351 download)
Book Synopsis Insecticides by : Stanislav Trdan
Download or read book Insecticides written by Stanislav Trdan and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains 20 chapters about the impact, environmental fate, modes of action, efficacy, and non-target effects of insecticides. The chapters are divided into 7 parts. Part 1 covers the non-target effects of insecticides, whereas part 2 is dedicated to integrated methods for pest control, in which insecticides are an important element for diminishing the populations of insect pests. Part 3 includes chapters about the non-chemical alternatives to insecticides, such as metabolic stress and plant extracts. Insecticides and human health are the main topic of part 4, and the interactions between insecticides and environment are discussed in part 5. Part 6 includes the chapters about insecticides against pests of urban areas, forests and farm animals, whereas biotechnology and other advances in pest control are discussed in part 7.