Pesticide Microbiology

Microbiological Aspects of Pesticide Behaviour in the Environment

• Author(s): Ian R. Hill, Sidney John L. Wright,
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Pages: 844
• ISBN_10: 0123486505
  ISBN_13: 9780123486509
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / Environmental Science , Science / Life Sciences / Evolution , Science / Life Sciences / Microbiology ,

Description:... Pesticides; Microbiological aspects of the soil, plant, aquatic, air and animal environments - soil and plant; Aquatic environments; The air and animals; The behaviour and fate of pesticides in microbial environments; Microbial transformation of pesticides; Transformations of pesticides in the environment - the experimental approach; Some methods for assessing pesticide effects on non-target soil microorganisms and their activities; Pesticide effects on non-target soil microorganisms; Interactions of pesticides with micro-algae; Pesticides and the micro-fauna of soil and water; Microbial degradation of insecticides; Microbial degradation of herbicides; Microbial degradation of fungicides, fumigants and nematocides.