Pesticides in the modern world
Subtitle: risks and benefits
By: edited by Margarita Stoytcheva
Publisher: Intech
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Rijeka, Croatia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9789533074580
Subjects: Pesticides
Notes: 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.

Includes bibliographical references.