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Wiley India Pvt Ltd Pesticide Chemistry Crop Protection Public Health Environmental Safety by Ohkawa Et.Al.
About the Book: Pesticide Chemistry: Crop Protection, Public Health, Environmental SafetyThis volume contains the proceedings of the 11th IUPAC International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry held in Kobe, Japan in 2006. 50 selected contributions cover key aspects in modern pesticide chemistry and technology. Among the topics covered are novel chemicals and novel action mechanisms, Biopesticides and natural products, transgenic crops, application technology, resistance and toxicology. A large section is devoted to environmental impact and protection issues. Global issues such as food safety and trade are also addressed here.ContentsKeynote and Plenary LecturesChallenges and Opportunities in Crop ProtectionEnvironmentally Benign Methods for Pest ControlPesticide Management in ChinaPesticide Residues in Food and International TradeHunger and Malnutrition Amidst Plenty: What Must Be Done?New ChemistryBiology, Natural Products and BiotechnologyFormulation and Application TechnologyMode of Action and IPMHuman Health and Food SafetyEnvironmental SafetyAbout the Author: H Ohkawa, H Miyagawa, P W LeeHideo Ohkawa holds the chair of Agrochemicals and Biotechnology at Kobe University, Japan.Professor Ohkawa has edited several books on agrochemicals and is the chairman of the organizing committee of the 2006 IUPAC Congress on Pesticide Chemistry.Hisashi Miyagawa heads the laboratory of bioregulation chemistry at the Kyoto University Faculty of Agriculture (Kyoto, Japan). He is the chairman of the scientific committee of the 2006 IUPAC Congress on Pesticide Chemistry.Philip W Lee is with the Crop Protection Division of DuPont at Newark, NJ (USA). He has edited the well-known Handbook of Residue Analytical Methods for Agrochemicals.S