Chemical Pesticides: Mode of Action and Toxicology
Editorial Reviews
Review
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
Book Description
Environmental friendliness, issues of public health, and the pros and cons of genetically-modified crops all receive regular coverage in the media. This has led to increased investigation of chemical pesticides. Stenersen's concise introduction to chemical pesticides describes these compounds according to their biochemical mode of action, such as whether they are enzyme inhibitors, receptor ligands, or free radical generators. Chemical Pesticides: Mode of Action and Toxicology provides answers to why pesticides are toxic to the target organism and why pesticides are toxic to some organisms and not others. The book also discusses legal matters as well as potential environmental problems.
Chemical Pesticides: Mode of Action and Toxicology,Jorgen Stenersen,CRC,0748409106,Agriculture - Agronomy,Agriculture - Crop Science,Environmental Science,Medical,Pesticides,Technology & Industrial Arts,Toxicology,Insecticides & pesticides,Science / Environmental Science
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