Chemical Pesticides Mode of Action and Toxicology

by Jørgen Stenersen

Overview

Environmental-friendliness, issues of public health, and the pros and cons of genetically-modified crops all receive regular coverage in the world's media. This, in turn, has led to increased questioning and investigation of chemical pesticides. Stenersen's concise and timely introduction to chemical pesticides describes these compounds according to their mode of action at the cellular and biochemical level.

Chemical Pesticides provides answers to questions such as why pesticides are toxic to the target organism and why pesticides are toxic to some organisms and not others. It describes how various poisons interfere with biochemical processes in organisms. The book also explores how resistance to pesticides develops, how resistance can be used to illustrate the theory of evolution, and how it can be used to produce herbicide-resistant crop plants. Legal matters and potential environmental problems are also discussed.

By providing an integrated, yet simple description of modern chemical pesticides, the author provides a relevant text for professionals and students in biological disciplines such as biochemistry, medicine, agriculture, and veterinary science.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780748409105
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/27/2004
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction. Pesticides That Interfere With the Action of Signal Molecules at Various Levels. Pesticides that Inhibit Enzymes. Free Radical Generators. Uncouplers Pesticides With Other, or Unknown Mode of Actions. The Disappearance of Pesticides. Mechanisms of Selectivity. Resistance to Pesticides. Pesticides as Environmental Hazards. New Possibilities.

Editorial Reviews

The book extending over 276 pages, is structured in 10 chapters which all are reviewing the up-to-date researchers and findings that concern the mode of actions and toxicology of chemical pesticides. … is the unitary manner of treating the approached topics in every chapter aimed to five both general information as well as the up-to-date researchers and findings based on the recent literature. The book is useful to academicians, scientists, students, as well as industrials working in the field of pesticides.”
— Lecturer Adina Dunitrascu, Technical University ‘Gh. Asachi’ of Iasi, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, in IPM – Iasi Polytechnic Magazine, Vol. 17, No. 1 / 4, March/December 2005
“Here is a very different and welcome text bringing a fresh and thoughtful approach to an increasingly urgent research topic. … Both translation and editing are good and retain the author’s lively, engaging style, together with the quirky humor which gifted teachers use so effectively to imprint student memory with essential facts … [T]he content makes the book easy to understand and assimilate. … [B]oth an essential fact-packed primer for ambitious biological discipline-oriented students and a copious reference source for progressive professionals.”
— Occupational Safety and Health Journal, March 2005
“By providing an integrated, yet simple description of modern chemical pesticides, the author provides a relevant text for professionals and students in biological disciplines such as biochemistry, medicine, agriculture, and veterinary science.”
— International Pest Control, Vol. 47, No. 2, March/April 2005
“This book provides answers to questions such as why pesticides are toxic to the target organism and why they are toxic to some organisms and not to others. This concise and timely introduction describes these compounds according to their mode of action at the cellular and biochemical level. It describes how various poisons interfere with biochemical processes in organisms … The book also explores how resistance to pesticides develops … . By providing an integrated, yet simple and easy-to-read, description of modern chemical pesticides, the author provides a relevant text for professionals and students in biological disciplines such as biochemistry, medicine, agriculture and veterinary science.”
— International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 84, Nos. 14 & 15, Dec. 2004
“… useful as a starting point for queries regarding the mode of action and toxicology of pesticides.”
— Joanne Kilgour, BTS Newsletter, Winter 2004, Issue 25
“The author has provided a very useful text with a list of additional references that will enable further reading. The book is very reasonably priced and will be of interest to postgraduate students and professionals in a number of disciplines.”
— Peter Batten, BTS Newsletter, Winter 2004, Issue 25
“The informative book provides a review of toxicological and environmental problems of pesticides, without overemphasizing the benefits or problems of pesticide usage.”
—Journal of Phytopathology, Vol. 153, 2005

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