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Titolo: |
Biopesticides [[electronic resource] ] : pest management and regulation / / Alastair Bailey ... [et al.]
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Pubblicazione: | Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.1/62 |
338.162 | |
632.96 | |
Soggetto topico: | Natural pesticides - Economic aspects |
Natural pesticides - Government policy | |
Agricultural pests - Biological control | |
Altri autori: |
BaileyAlastair
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Pests of Crops; 3. Pest Management with Biopesticides; 4. The Economics of Making the Switch in Technologies; 5. The Regulation of Biopesticides: an International Analysis; 6. Policy Networks, Change and Innovation; 7. Retail Governance; 8. Conclusions; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Biological controls that utilize natural predation, parasitism or other natural mechanisms, is an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical pesticides. Chemical pesticide methods are becoming less readily available due to increasing resistance problems and the prohibition of some substances. This book addresses the challenges of insufficient information and imperfectly understood regulatory processes in using biopesticides. It takes an interdisciplinary approach providing internationally comparative analyses on the registration of biopesticides and debates future biopesticide practices. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Biopesticides ![]() |
ISBN: | 9786612893483 |
1-84593-590-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910446331803321 |
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