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Safer Insecticides : Development and Use, PDF eBook

Safer Insecticides : Development and Use PDF

Part of the Drug and Chemical Toxicology series

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Reference to the design of new insecticides nontoxic to the environment and the public emphasizing optimal food production with greater safety.

Some 30 international experts examine topics including new types of active molecules among natural products and animal toxins; insect metabolic and organ systems as sources of information leading to more selective chemicals, safer ways of utilizing existing compounds, recently discovered modes of action including cuticle synthesis inhibitors, juvenile hormone inhibitors and anti-juvenile hormones, pesticide use reduction through improved application techniques and new management systems.

Providing extensive bibliographic citations, Safer Insecticides is essential reading for biologists, environmental researchers, biochemists; organic, medicinal, agricultural and pesticide chemists; entomologists; toxicologists and regulatory personnel.

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