Insecticides : Pest Engineering / / edited by Farzana Perveen

• Autore: Farzana Perveen
• Pubblicazione: IntechOpen, 2012; [Place of publication not identified] : , : IntechOpen, , 2012; ©2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (552 pages)
• Disciplina: 632.9517
• Soggetto topico: Insecticides
• Soggetto non controllato: Life Sciences; Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Insectology; Pestology
• Persona (resp. second.): PerveenFarzana
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is compiled of 24 Chapters divided into 4 Sections. Section A focuses on toxicity of organic and inorganic insecticides, organophosphorus insecticides, toxicity of fenitrothion and permethrin, and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). Section B is dedicated to vector control using insecticides, biological control of mosquito larvae by Bacillus thuringiensis, metabolism of pyrethroids by mosquito cytochrome P40 susceptibility status of Aedes aegypti, etc. Section C describes bioactive natural products from sapindacea, management of potato pests, flower thrips, mango mealy bug, pear psylla, grapes pests, small fruit production, boll weevil and tsetse fly using insecticides. Section D provides information on insecticide resistance in natural population of malaria vector, role of Anopheles gambiae P450 cytochrome, genetic toxicological profile of carbofuran and pirimicarp carbamic insecticides, etc. The subject matter in this book should attract the reader's concern to support rational decisions regarding the use of pesticides.
• Altri titoli varianti: Insecticides
• Titolo autorizzato: Insecticides
• ISBN: 953-51-4357-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910138294503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II