Chemistry of Insecticides and Fungicides

This book is the direct result of a number of requests, made to me several years ago, that I offer a graduate course dealing with the chemistry of insecticides and fungicides. These requests came from chemists and biochemists who felt that the courses then available did not stress sufficiently this rapidly growing field of chemical endeavor, and from economic entomologists and plant pathologists who were of the opinion that their attempts to control insects and plant diseases would be facilitated by a better understanding of the chemistry of those products used as insecticides and fungicides. - Donald E.H. Frear, State College, Pa, April 1942Chapter I. IntroductionPart I. Stomach Poisons or Protective InsecticidesChapter II. The ArsenicalsChapter III. Lead ArsenateChapter IV. Fluorine Compounds and Miscellaneous Stomach PoisonsPart II. Contact Poisons or Eradicant InsecticidesChapter V. Nicotine and PyrethrumChapter VI. Rotenone and Miscellaneous Contact PoisonsChapter VII. Sulfur and Inorganic Sulfur CompoundsChapter VIII. OilsChapter IX. FumigantsPart III. FungicidesChapter X. Copper CompoundsChapter XI. Mercury Compounds and Miscellaneous FungicidesPart IV. Spray Supplements and Residue RemovalChapter XII. Wetting, Spreading, and Emulsifying AgentsChapter XIII. Spray Residue RemovalPart V. Analytical MethodsChapter XIV. Macro MethodsChapter XV. Micro Methods