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1 online resource (388 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
Pests and diseases inflict a devastating impact on the quantity and quality of food production. Pesticides play a vital role in crop protection, although their excessive use poses a potential health hazard and a threat to food security and human and environmental safety. This book overviews developments on pesticides and pests that are relevant to agriculture in the Indian sub-continent, Asia and the world at large. These topics impact free world trade both directly and indirectly. The volume brings together the latest information about chemical, botanical, biorational pesticides and bioagents. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Realities and challenges of pesticides for food security in India -- The Insecticide Act of 1968 to the Pesticides Management Bill 2008 -- Pesticides residues in agriculture produce: the scenario in India -- Biosecuring Indian agriculture against exotic insect pests under quarantine umbrella -- Climate change impact on crop pests and management interventions -- Sustainable management of insect pests through biointensive approaches -- Managing insect resistance through efficient use of novel agrochemicals -- Herbicide tolerant crops: challenges and prospects for weed management -- Environment friendly pesticides based on esssential oils and their constituents -- Trichoderma species as bio-agent in integrated disease management for sustainable agriculture -- Multi-residue analysis of pesticides utilizing advanced analytical tools -- Pesticide formulations: international specifications and test methods -- Advances in mycotoxins detection -- Some bio-pesticide formulations developed at IPFT -- Effect of soil amendments on pestiide adsorption and leaching. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Agricultural pests -- Control.
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Agricultural pests -- Control. |
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Pesticides.
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Pesticides. |
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pesticide. |
| Added Author |
Bala Singh, Shashi.
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Walia, Suresh.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Singh Parmar, Balraj. Pesticides and Pests. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, ©2019 9781527538030 |
| ISBN |
1527542017 |
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9781527542013 (electronic book) |
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1527538036 |
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9781527538030 |
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