Pesticide Chemistry
Crop Protection, Public Health, Environmental Safety

1. Edition June 2007
XL, 498 Pages, Hardcover
144 Pictures
64 tables
Monograph
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Profit from the results of the premier forum for pesticide development and use. All facets of crop protection against weeds, fungi and insects are addressed here, including environmental and health aspects as well as global market and nutrition issues.
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Resulting from the premier forum for pesticide development and use, this volume provides comprehensive coverage and even captures emerging technologies within the industry. All facets of pesticides are addressed here, including agriculture, agrochemicals, and environmental health aspects, as well as such global issues as food quality and safety.
- Challenges and Opportunities in Crop Protection (J. C. Collins)
- Environmentally Benign Methods for Pest Control (K. Mori)
- Pesticide Management in China (Y. Z. Yang)
-Pesticide Residues in Food and International Trade (K. D. Racke)
- Hunger and Malnutrition Amidst Plenty: What Must Be Done? (S. Pandey, P. Pingali)
New Chemistry
(13 Contributions)
Biology, Natural Products and Biotechnology
(6 Contributions)
Formulation and Application Technology
(2 Contributions)
Mode of Action and IPM
(6 Contributions)
Human Health and Food Safety
(9 Contributions)
Environmental Safety
(5 Contributions)
Professor Ohkawa has edited several books on agrochemicals and is the chairman of the organizing committee of the 2006 IUPAC Congress on Pesticide Chemistry.
Hisashi Miyagawa heads the laboratory of bioregulation chemistry at the Kyoto University Faculty of Agriculture (Kyoto, Japan). He is the chairman of the scientific committee of the 2006 IUPAC Congress on Pesticide Chemistry.
Philip W. Lee is with the Crop Protection Division of DuPont at Newark, NJ (USA). He has edited the well-known Handbook of Residue Analytical Methods for Agrochemicals.