Contents: Introduction. 1. Controlling agricultural pests. 2. Pest biology. 3. Agricultural chemical classification. 4. Product formulations. 5. Product labels. 6. Product safety, transport, storage and disposal. 7. Managing agricultural chemical resistance. 8. Spray and other application technologies. 9. Spray application equipment. 10. Agricultural chemical drift management. 11. The law and agricultural chemicals. Appendices. Glossary. The Agricultural Chemical User s Manual plays an important role in the efficient and economic production of wholesome food and fibrous products, reducing soil erosion and maintaining human health and lifestyles for an ever increasing world population. Agricultural chemicals are also known as pesticides and include herbicides, insecticides and fungicides. Chemical use is the key to ensuring that agricultural chemicals are beneficial to the community as a whole, and not just beneficial to users only. The community must have confidence that human health and the environment are protected when agricultural chemicals are used. The manual is a tool for anyone involved in pest or weed control activities by providing users with sound scientific advice on a range of subjects including basic pest and weed identification, effective pest and weed control strategies, appropriate application technology as well as ways to reduce the impact of agricultural chemical spray drift.

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Agriculture Chemical User s Manual : Guidelines and Principles for Responsible Agricultural Chemical Use

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United Book Prints

Publication Date

2015

Language

English

ISBN 10

9383692227

ISBN 13

9789383692224

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

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New

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