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Sustainable Agrochemistry

A Compendium of Technologies

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  • Provides a concise introduction to sustainable agrochemistry for a professional audience
  • Identifies the main scientific and technological approaches that can be applied to modern agrochemistry
  • Discusses available technologies for reducing the negative impacts of agrochemicals on the environment and human health
  • Explores cutting-edge technologies for agriculture, such as nanotechnology

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction to Sustainable Agrochemistry

    • Sílvio Vaz Jr.
    Pages 1-11
  3. The Battle for a Sustainable Food Supply

    • John Unsworth, Yoshiaki Nakagawa, Caroline Harris, Gijs Kleter
    Pages 13-84
  4. Semiochemicals for Integrated Pest Management

    • Maria C. Blassioli-Moraes, Raúl A. Laumann, Mirian F. F. Michereff, Miguel Borges
    Pages 85-112
  5. Green Nanotechnology for Sustained Release of Eco-Friendly Agrochemicals

    • Luciano Paulino Silva, Cínthia Caetano Bonatto
    Pages 113-129
  6. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Techniques to Improve Agricultural Systems

    • Sílvio Vaz Jr., Etelvino Henrique Novotny, Luiz Alberto Colnago
    Pages 131-145
  7. Chemical Analyses for Agriculture

    • Sílvio Vaz Jr.
    Pages 147-182
  8. The Soil Humeome: Chemical Structure, Functions and Technological Perspectives

    • Alessandro Piccolo, Riccardo Spaccini, Davide Savy, Marios Drosos, Vincenza Cozzolino
    Pages 183-222
  9. Synthesis of New Agrochemicals

    • Paulo Marcos Donate, Daniel Frederico
    Pages 223-273
  10. Toxicological Aspects of Pesticides

    • Eloisa Dutra Caldas
    Pages 275-305
  11. Green Chemistry and Agrochemistry

    • Sílvio Vaz Jr.
    Pages 307-319
  12. Management of Agrochemical Residues in the Environment

    • Sílvio Vaz Jr., Luciano Gebler
    Pages 361-388

About this book

This book presents a broad range of technologies for sustainable agrochemistry, e.g. semiochemicals for pest management, nanotechnology for release of eco-friendly agrochemicals, and green chemistry principles for agriculture. It provides a concise introduction to sustainable agrochemistry for a professional audience, and highlights the main scientific and technological approaches that can be applied to modern agrochemistry. It also discusses various available technologies for reducing the negative impacts of agrochemicals on the environment and human health.


Editors and Affiliations

  • National Research Center for Agroenergy, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Brasilia, Brazil

    Sílvio Vaz Jr.

About the editor

Dr. Sílvio Vaz Jr. holds a D.Sc. degree in Analytical Chemistry from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Having previously served as director and partner at two private environmental analysis laboratories, he is currently a research scientist at the National Research Center for Agroenergy - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa Agroenergy), where his work focuses on the development of renewable molecules (e.g., agrochemicals) and the application of analytical chemistry to biomass and bioenergy, as well as green and sustainable chemistry. He has previously published the books “Analytical Techniques and Methods for Biomass” (2016) and “Biomass and Green Chemistry: Building a Renewable Chemistry” (2018) and "Analytical Chemistry Applied to Emerging Pollutants" (2018). He was appointed as the chairman of the Brazilian Division of the American Chemical Society.

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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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Hardcover Book USD 129.99
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