Biopesticides: Pest Management and Regulation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781845939779)

Biological controls that utilize natural predation, parasitism or other natural mechanisms, is an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical pesticides. Chemical pesticide methods are becoming less readily available due to increasing resistance problems and the prohibition of some substances. This book addresses the challenges of insufficient information and imperfectly understood regulatory processes in using biopesticides. It takes an interdisciplinary approach providing internationally comparative analyses on the registration of biopesticides and debates future biopesticide practices.

Author: Wyn Grant, Alastair Bailey, David Chandler
ISBN-10: 1845939778
ISBN-13: 9781845939779
Publisher: Cabi
Language: English
Published: 02/14/2013
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.70w x 0.60d