Pesticides

Front matter

Pesticides Advances in Chemical and Botanical Pesticides Edited by R.P. Soundararajan Edited by R.P. Soundararajan Photo by kisgorcs / iStock Pesticides are considered as potential molecules to combat insects, pests, diseases and weeds in agricultural, horticultural cropping system as well as health management systems. Pesticides of chemical origin are highly effective against the target organism. However, the chemical pesticides have toxic effects on several non-target species and the growing environmental concerns raises the issues of safety and evaluation of toxicity. In this book the effects of chemical pesticides on fishes, earthworms, beneficial microbes and natural enemies in agricultural ecosystems are discussed. Furthermore, pesticides have the properties to disrupt endocrine and non-traditional pesticide compounds have been elaborately narrated. The recent technology on use of biomarkers in pesticide assay is described in two chapters. Some of plants having pesticidally active compounds are described. Use of biotechnological approaches for insect pest management and a new approach to recognize larva in the field by LIRA classifier system are two more interesting chapters of the book. ISBN 978-953-51-0680-7 Pesticides - Advances in Chemical and Botanical Pesticides

PESTICIDES – ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL AND BOTANICAL PESTICIDES Edited by R.P. Soundararajan

Pesticides - Advances in Chemical and Botanical Pesticides http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/2609 Edited by R.P. Soundararajan Contributors Dipsikha Bora, Bulbuli Khanikor, Hiren Gogoi, Maria Inés Maitre, Alba Rut Rodríguez, Carolina Elisabet Masin, Tamara Ricardo, Nédia De Castilhos Ghisi, Marilyn Anderson, Rosdiyani Massaguni, Siti Noor Hajjar Md Latip, Raymond A. Cloyd, William Atchison, Erin Wakeling, April Neal, Annick Tahiri, Malaya Ranjan Mahananda, Bidut Prava Mohanty, Simon Koma Okwute, Rafael Vargas-Bernal, Gabriel Herrera-Pérez, Esmeralda Rodríguez-Miranda, Svetlana Hrouzková, Eva Matisova, Binata Nayak, Shantanu Bhattacharyya, Jayanta Sahu, Tatiana Baidyk, Oleksandr Makeyev, Ernst Kussul, Ahmed Abdel-Aty © The Editor(s) and the Author(s) 2012 The moral rights of the and the author(s) have been asserted. All rights to the book as a whole are reserved by INTECH. The book as a whole (compilation) cannot be reproduced, distributed or used for commercial or non-commercial purposes without INTECH’s written permission. Enquiries concerning the use of the book should be directed to INTECH rights and permissions department (permissions@intechopen.com).