Toxicology and Pesticide Chemistry

ISBN: 9781984607157 出版年：2018 页码：271 Gonzalo Delgado Bibliotex

Pesticide chemistry involves the use of substances to control or kill pest organisms that affect agriculture. Crop pest had been traditionally controlled by natural means but, with the development of synthetic chemistry, hundreds of new pesticides have been produced. More recently, genetic engineering has allowed the introduction of bacterial genes coding for biocidal proteins into various crops, which kill the insect when eat it. The effects and potential risks of these substances need to be fully understood, as they can lead to pest resistance, environmental disasters –such as the infamous DDT- and even reach the consumers, causing health problems and cancers. In the last years, society’s growing concern about their derived problems lead towards the use of safer substances and methods for insect pest control. This book describes the chemistry behind pesticides, their mechanism of action, toxicology and environmental risks. The book is addressed to academic students, researchers and ecologists as well as agricultural and industry professionals.