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The Pesticide Manual - NEW 14th edition
Edited by Clive Tomlin
BCPC
November 2006
Hardcover 1350pages ISBN 1901396142
£220.00
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Building on nearly 40 years of experience, this latest edition offers the most comprehensive
information on active ingredients for the control of crop pests in the world. The completely revised
and up dated fourteenth edition contains 881 main entries plus 643 abbreviated entries covering superseded
products. Also available on CD-ROM as the e-Pesticide Manual.
Entries cover: herbicides. fungicides, insecticides, acaricides, nematicides, plant growth regulators,
herbicide safeners, repellents, synergists, pheromones, beneficial microbial and invertebrate
agents,
rodenticides and animal ectoparasiticides.
All 881 main entries include as appropriate:
- Chemical structure, field of use and class;
- Nomenclature, including common, IUPAC and chemical abstract names, CAS RN, EC
number and development code;
- Full physical chemistry details;
- Commercialisation information including patent, history and manufacture;
- Mode of action, biochemistry uses, formulation type, selected products and mixtures;
- Mammalian toxicology profiles;
- Ecotoxicology data;
Additional features include
- Bibliography
- Directory of Companies
What's new
The entire data set has been reviewed and updated:
38 new main entries have been added including 21 new molecules, nine further substances not previously
listed and seven additional pheromones;
Company names updated to reflect changes within the industry. The Directory of Companies now lists more
than 500 entries;
Toxicological and environmental reviews now include the Annex 1 status of List 1 and 'new' substances
under EC Directive 91/414;
The bibliography has been updated and now includes a useful list of internet addresses.
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