Pesticides in the Modern World: Risks and Benefits - Hardcover

 
9789533074580: Pesticides in the Modern World: Risks and Benefits
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9533074582 ISBN 13: 9789533074580
Verlag: IntechOpen, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

This book is a compilation of 29 chapters focused on: pesticides and food production, environmental effects of pesticides, and pesticides mobility, transport and fate. The first book section addresses the benefits of the pest control for crop protection and food supply increasing, and the associated risks of food contamination. The second book section is dedicated to the effects of pesticides on the non-target organisms and the environment such as: effects involving pollinators, effects on nutrient cycling in ecosystems, effects on soil erosion, structure and fertility, effects on water quality, and pesticides resistance development. The third book section furnishes numerous data contributing to the better understanding of the pesticides mobility, transport and fate. The addressed in this book issues should attract the public concern to support rational decisions to pesticides use.

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Verlag
IntechOpen
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9533074582
ISBN 13 
9789533074580
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
574
Herausgeber
Stoytcheva Margarita
Kontakt zum Hersteller
preigu GmbH & Co. KG
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