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Pesticide management and insecticide resistance : (papers presented at the XVth International Congress of Entomology; Washington, D.C., August 20-27, 1976) by Anthony William Aldridge Brown; David L. Watson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Pesticide Management and Insecticide Resistance explores the problem of insect resistance to pesticides and reviews various approaches to pesticide management and safety. It looks at the environmental hazards of pesticide residues and their regulation, along with application techniques aimed at maximum efficiency against the pest and minimum waste to pollution, safety considerations in the development of pest control programs, and pesticide monitoring. Divided into eight parts encompassing 49 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the global pesticide industry and the costs of commercializing pesticides relative to their profit potential. It then introduces the reader to the release of fluorohydrocarbon propellants in pesticidal aerosols and their hazards to the ozone layer, management of pests in urban environments, international plant protection, the current status of DDT, the importance of training pest-control personnel, and procedures of forest spraying. Other chapters focus on pesticide management safety from a medical perspective; pesticide safety as it relates to the manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution of pesticides; importance of pesticide application eq

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Author
Anthony William Aldridge Brown; David L. Watson
Publisher
Academic Press, Incorporated
Published
1977
Language
EN
ISBN
9780127386508
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Agriculture, Stem

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