Pesticides in the Modern World - Risks and Benefits

preface_Pesticides in the Modern World - Risks and Benefits......Page 1
Pesticides and Food......Page 16
Role of Pesticides in Human Life\rin the Modern Age: A Review......Page 18
Quality of Vegetables and Pests Control in\rAfrican Urban Cities......Page 28
Differential Efficacy of Insecticides\rAccording to Crop Growth:\rThe Citrus Psyllid on Citrus Plants......Page 48
Use of Pesticides in the Cocoa\rIndustry and Their Impact on the\rEnvironment and the Food Chain......Page 66
Industrial Contaminants and\rPesticides in Food Products......Page 84
Pesticide Residues in Bee Products......Page 104
Environmental Impacts of Pesticides......Page 142
Ecological Effects of Pesticides......Page 144
Ecological Impacts of Pesticides in\rAgricultural Ecosystem......Page 158
Environmental Impact and Remediation of\rResidual Lead and Arsenic Pesticides in Soil......Page 184
Arsenic – Pesticides with an Ambivalent Character......Page 196
Freshwater Decapods and Pesticides:\rAn Unavoidable Relation in the Modern World......Page 212
Effects of Pesticides on Marine Bivalves: What\rDo We Know and What Do We Need to Know?......Page 242
Immunotoxicological Effects of Environmental\rContaminants in Teleost Fish Reared\rfor Aquaculture......Page 256
Using Zooplankton, Moina Micrura Kurz to\rEvaluate the Ecotoxicology of Pesticides\rUsed in Paddy Fields of Thailand......Page 282
Application of Some Herbal Extracts and\rCalcium as an Antidote to Counteract the Toxic\rEffects of Cypermethrin and Carbofuran in\rIndian Major Carp, Labeo Rohita......Page 296
Semi Aquatic Top-Predators as Sentinels of\rDiversity and Dynamics of Pesticides in Aquatic\rFood Webs: The Case of Eurasian Otter\r(Lutra lutra) and Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)\rin Loire River Catchment, France......Page 304
Is Pesticide Use Sustainable in Lowland Rice\rIntensification in West Africa?......Page 326
Transgenic Pesticidal Crops and the\rEnvironment: The Case of Bt Maize\rand Natural Enemies......Page 336
Colony Elimination of Subterranean Termites by\rBait Application Using Benzoylphenylurea\rCompounds, with Special Reference to\rBistrifluron......Page 362
Camouflage of Seeds, a Control Method\rof the Bird Mortality in Grain Crops......Page 378
Pesticides Mobility, Transport and Fate......Page 406
Geochemical Indicators of Organo-Chloro\rPesticides in Lake Sediments......Page 408
Pesticides and Their Movement\rSurface Water and Ground Water......Page 426
Should We Be Concerned with Long-Term\rHealth Problems Associated with Pesticides\rin Namibian Groundwater?......Page 438
Transport of Carbon Tetrachloride in a Karst\rAquifer in a Northern City, China......Page 450
Interactions Between Ionic Pesticides and\rModel Systems for Soil Fractions......Page 468
Behavior and Fate of Imidacloprid in\rCroatian Olive Orchard Soils Under\rLaboratory Conditions......Page 486
Effects of Low-Molecular-Weight-Organic-Acids\ron the Release Kinetic of Organochlorine\rPesticides from Red Soil......Page 516
Fate of Pesticides in Soils: Toward an\rIntegrated Approach of Influential Factors......Page 532