The use and significance of pesticides in the environment

Author(s)

• McEwen, Freeman Lester
• Stephenson, G. R. (Gerald Robert)

Bibliographic Information

The use and significance of pesticides in the environment

F. L. McEwen, G. R. Stephenson

（A Wiley-Interscience publication）

Wiley, c1979

Note

Bibliography: p. 473-524

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction. The Pesticides Dilemma. The Role and Use of Pesticides in Health. The Role and Use of Pesticides in Agriculture. The Role and Use of Pesticides in the Forest and on Rights-of-Way. The Role of Pesticides for the Homeowner. Testing Procedures in Pesticide Development. Fungicides and Their Uses. Herbicides and Their Uses. Insecticides and Their Uses. Rodenticides and Their Uses. Piscicides and Their Uses. Avicides and Their Uses. Pesticides in Soil. Pesticides in Water. Pesticides in Air. Pesticides in Food. Pesticides and Birds. Pesticides and Mammals. Pesticides in the Biosphere. Pesticide Legislation. Epilogue. References. Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA63329536
• ISBN:
  • 0471039039
• LCCN: 78023368
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 538 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : SB951
  • DC : 363
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Pesticides
  • LCSH : Pesticides -- Environmental aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00493885