TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gupta, H.C.L.
TI  - Insecticides : toxicology and uses
SN  - 8185680523
U1  - 632.9517 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Udaipur
PB  - Agrotech Publishing Academy
KW  - Insecticides
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - Insecticides, the chemicals used to control harmful insect pests, play an important role in modern agriculture. Although they are used extensively for protection of agricultural crops against noxious pests yet they are thought to be major pollutants of food and environment. This book furnished detailed account of insecticides, their properties, mode of action, bio transformation, uses on different agricultural crops, the problem of toxicity, residues, resistance and environmental contamination. The ways and means towards safe use of insecticides to avoid the fear of insecticidal hazards are explained in depth. The chapters on intervention of insecticides in IPM programme and insecticidal act are of special interest.
ER  -