Pesticides in the modern world : : pesticides use and management / / edited by Margarita Stoytcheva.

This book brings together issues on pesticides and biopesticides use with the related subjects of pesticides management and sustainable development. It contains 24 chapters organized in three sections. The first book section supplies an overview on the current use of pesticides, on the regulatory st...

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Place / Publishing House:Rijeka, Croatia : : IntechOpen,, [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (534 pages)
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Summary:This book brings together issues on pesticides and biopesticides use with the related subjects of pesticides management and sustainable development. It contains 24 chapters organized in three sections. The first book section supplies an overview on the current use of pesticides, on the regulatory status, on the levels of contamination, on the pesticides management options, and on some techniques of pesticides application, reporting data collected from all over the world. Second section is devoted to the advances in the evolving field of biopesticides, providing actual information on the regulation of the plant protection products from natural origin in the European Union. It reports data associated with the application of neem pesticides, wood pyrolysis liquids and bacillus-based products. The third book section covers various aspects of pesticides management practices in concert with pesticides degradation and contaminated sites remediation technologies, supporting the environmental sustainability.
ISBN:9535144154
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Margarita Stoytcheva.