Pesticides in Crop Production

Physiological and Biochemical Action

Pesticides in Crop Production
Vijay Pratap Singh, Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, Samiksha Singh, Sheo Mohan Prasad, Anita Singh, Prabhat Kumar Srivastava, Devendra Kumar Chauhan
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5 Mar 2020 US
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9781119432197
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A guide to the diversity of pesticides used in modern agricultural practices, and the relevant social and environmental issuesPesticides in Crop Production offers an important resource that explores pesticide action in plants; pesticide metabolism in soil microbes, plants and animals; bioaccumulation of pesticides and sensitiveness of microbiome towards pesticides. The authors explore pesticide risk assessment, the development of pesticide resistance in pests, microbial remediation of pesticide intoxicated legumes and pesticide toxicity amelioration in plants by plant hormones. The authors include information on eco-friendly pest management. They review the impact of pesticides on soil microorganism, crops and other plants along with the impact on other organisms like aquatic fauna and terrestrial animals including human beings. The book also contains an analysis of pesticide by GC-MS/MS (Gas Chromatography tandem Mass Spectrometry) a reliable method for the quantification and confirmation of multiclass pesticide residues. This important book: Offers a comprehensive guide to the use of the diversity of pesticides and the pertinent social and environmental issuesExplores the impact of pesticides from morphological, anatomical, physiological and biochemical perspectivesShows how pesticides affects soil microorganisms, crops and other plants along with the impact on other organisms like aquatic fauna and animalsCritically examines whether chemical pesticides are boon or bane and whether they can be replaced by environmental friendly pesticidesWritten for students, researchers and professionals in agriculture, botany, entomology and biotechnology, Pesticides in Crop Production examines the effects of chemical pesticides and the feasibility of using bio-pesticides.
PRABHAT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA is an Assistant Professor of Botany in K. S. Saket Post Graduate College, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, an affiliated college of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India.VIJAY PRATAP SINGH is an Assistant Professor of Botany in C. M. P. Degree College, a constituent college of University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.ANITA SINGH is an Assistant Professor of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.DURGESH KUMAR TRIPATHI is an Assistant Professor in Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.SAMIKSHA SINGH is a D. Phil. scholar in the Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.SHEO MOHAN PRASAD is a Professor in the Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.DEVENDRA KUMAR CHAUHAN is Professor and Head, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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ISBN-13: 9781119432197
Published: 5 Mar 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Format: Hardback
Height: 256mm
Width: 164mm
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 728g
Pages: 312

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