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Pesticides in Crop Production - Physiological and Biochemical Action (Hardcover)
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Pesticides in Crop Production - Physiological and Biochemical Action (Hardcover)
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A guide to the diversity of pesticides used in modern agricultural
practices, and the relevant social and environmental issues
Pesticides in Crop Production offers an important resource that
explores pesticide action in plants; pesticide metabolism in soil
microbes, plants and animals; bioaccumulation of pesticides and
sensitiveness of microbiome towards pesticides. The authors explore
pesticide risk assessment, the development of pesticide resistance
in pests, microbial remediation of pesticide intoxicated legumes
and pesticide toxicity amelioration in plants by plant hormones.
The authors include information on eco-friendly pest management.
They review the impact of pesticides on soil microorganism, crops
and other plants along with the impact on other organisms like
aquatic fauna and terrestrial animals including human beings. The
book also contains an analysis of pesticide by GC-MS/MS (Gas
Chromatography tandem Mass Spectrometry) a reliable method for the
quantification and confirmation of multiclass pesticide residues.
This important book: Offers a comprehensive guide to the use of the
diversity of pesticides and the pertinent social and environmental
issues Explores the impact of pesticides from morphological,
anatomical, physiological and biochemical perspectives Shows how
pesticides affects soil microorganisms, crops and other plants
along with the impact on other organisms like aquatic fauna and
animals Critically examines whether chemical pesticides are boon or
bane and whether they can be replaced by environmental friendly
pesticides Written for students, researchers and professionals in
agriculture, botany, entomology and biotechnology, Pesticides in
Crop Production examines the effects of chemical pesticides and the
feasibility of using bio-pesticides.
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