Overview
- A single book containing different procedures/ techniques for toxicity testing to non-targets, mode of exposure and risk assessment methodologies
- With examples of data on risk assessment methods and calculations
- Colour photos on toxicity testing procedures
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The pesticide should cause effect on the target pests and be selective enough to spare the non-target beneficial. The book deals with the pesticide toxicity to predators, parasitoids and microbes which are used for pest management in the agroecosystem. The other beneficials exposed to pesticides are pollinators, earthworms, silkworm and fishes. The book contains information on the modes of pesticide exposure and toxicity to the organisms, sub-lethal effects of insecticides and method of toxicity assessment, risk assessment of pesticidal application in the field. The purpose of the work is to compile and present the different procedures to assess pesticide poising in organisms related to the agroecosystem along with discussions on risk assessment procedures with clear comparison of toxicity of pesticides to target pests and non target beneficial organisms.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pesticide Toxicity to Non-target Organisms
Book Subtitle: Exposure, Toxicity and Risk Assessment Methodologies
Authors: Johnson Stanley, Gnanadhas Preetha
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7752-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7750-6Published: 23 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1399-1Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-7752-0Published: 12 August 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 502
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Entomology, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Biological Techniques