Pesticides - Agronomic Application and Environmental Impact
ISBN: 9781837699353 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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678,04 zł |
Canary in the Courtroom: How Pesticide Poisoning Changed a Woman's Life and Forced Her into Civil Action
ISBN: 9780595380527 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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98,81 zł |
Pest and Disease Management Handbook
ISBN: 9780632055036 / Angielski / Twarda / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pest and Disease Management Handbook updates the 3rd edition of the Pest and Disease Control Handbook (1989). The structure of this important new book differs in several respects, acknowledging the advances that have been made in integrated crop management and the trends towards the more rational use of pesticides.
Fully revised and up-to-date, the book commences with a new introductory chapter covering the principles of pest and disease management. Following chapters, each written by acknowledged experts in the field, cover a group of major temperate northern hemisphere... Pest and Disease Management Handbook updates the 3rd edition of the Pest and Disease Control Handbook (1989). The structure of this impo...
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1555,83 zł |
Safer Insecticides: Development and Use
ISBN: 9780824778842 / Angielski / Twarda / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reference to the design of new insecticides nontoxic to the environment and the public emphasizing optimal food production with greater safety. Some 30 international experts examine topics including new types of active molecules among natural products and animal toxins; insect metabolic and organ sy
Reference to the design of new insecticides nontoxic to the environment and the public emphasizing optimal food production with greater safety. Some 3...
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1141,14 zł |
Integrated Pest Management: Potential, Constraints and Challenges
ISBN: 9780851996868 / Angielski / Twarda / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. IPM Systems need to be developed for agriculture to be economically and environmentally strong, in production, storage and food processing. Although the concept and philosophy of integrated pest management have been largely accepted for some time, its implementation is complex and faces numerous potential problems. If IPM is to enjoy widespread approval and adoption, it must be clearly defined and economically and socially acceptable. The topics covered in this book include a range of topics, such as risk-benefit analysis, transgenic crops in IPM and consumer response to IPM.
IPM Systems need to be developed for agriculture to be economically and environmentally strong, in production, storage and food processing. Although t...
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725,36 zł |
Quality Control and Production of Biological Control Agents: Theory and Testing Procedures
ISBN: 9780851996882 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The use of biological control agents has been increasing worldwide and there are now many companies mass-producing such organisms, particularly for the control of insect pests. However, there is a great need for quality control in the production and use of these natural enemies, which include insect parasitoids and predators, fungi and viruses. This book has been written by leading scientists from Europe and North America to provide both background theory and practical guidance on this subject.
The use of biological control agents has been increasing worldwide and there are now many companies mass-producing such organisms, particularly for th...
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762,49 zł |
Myxomatosis: A History of Pest Control and the Rabbit
ISBN: 9781845115722 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Myxomatosis, a viral disease of the European wild rabbit, reached Britain in 1953. Within a year it had killed tens of millions of rabbits from Kent to the Shetlands. Winston Churchill, the Archbishop of York and members of the public raised on the tales of Beatrix Potter were appalled, deploring the loss of a cheap nutritional foodstuff. Many farmers, on the other hand, welcomed the demise of a serious agricultural pest and deliberately spread the disease. The government resisted appeals to legislate against the deliberate spreading of the disease until passing the 1954 Pests Act, as a... Myxomatosis, a viral disease of the European wild rabbit, reached Britain in 1953. Within a year it had killed tens of millions of rabbits from Ken... |
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674,31 zł |
Heat Treatments for Postharvest Pest Control: Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9781845932527 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Due to the nature of agricultural commodities as carriers of exotic pests, importing countries have employed varying methods of pest control for postharvest products. Thermal treatments are emerging as effective, environmentally-friendly alternatives to traditional methods, eliminating chemical residues and minimizing damage to produce. This book provides comprehensive information of these increasingly important treatments, covering temperature measurement, heat transfer, physiological responses of plants, insects and pathogens to heat, and an introduction to current and potential quarantine...
Due to the nature of agricultural commodities as carriers of exotic pests, importing countries have employed varying methods of pest control for posth...
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660,66 zł |
How to Trap and Snare: A Complete Manual for the Sportsman, Game Preserver and Amateur on the Art of Taking Animals and Birds in Traps, Snare
ISBN: 9781905124039 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book contains a complete manual for the sportsman, game preserver, gamekeeper, and amateur on the art of taking animals and birds in traps, snares, and nets. Profusely illustrated and full of invaluable tips, this timeless handbook will be of considerable utility to modern readers, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: Animal Trapping and Snaring, The Dorset Trap and Its Varieties, Humane Traps, Tools, Etc., For Trapping, How To Set The Dorset Trap, Round And Small Steel Traps, How To Set Round And Small Vermin Traps, Rabbit...
This vintage book contains a complete manual for the sportsman, game preserver, gamekeeper, and amateur on the art of taking animals and birds in trap...
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149,43 zł |
Ferrets, Rats and Traps
ISBN: 9781905124091 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. FERRETS, RATS and TRAPS Originally Published in 1897 as: "FERRETS THEIR MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH AND DISEASE." By Nicholas Everitt. This hitherto rare and much sought after book was the first comprehensive work to be written on the subject of ferrets and ferreting in England. Over 200 pages of content deal with every aspect of the ferret and its use both as a working animal and for pleasure or profit. The author, an acknowledged expert in his field, wrote numerous short articles on "Ferrets and All About Them" for early editions of The Shooting Times. By popular demand he eventually reprinted...
FERRETS, RATS and TRAPS Originally Published in 1897 as: "FERRETS THEIR MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH AND DISEASE." By Nicholas Everitt. This hitherto rare and...
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101,21 zł |
How to Trap and Snare - A Complete Manual for the Sportsman, Game Preserver and Amateur on the Art of Taking Animals and Birds in Traps, Snares and Ne
ISBN: 9781905124114 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book contains a complete manual for the sportsman, game preserver, gamekeeper, and amateur on the art of taking animals and birds in traps, snares, and nets. Profusely illustrated and full of invaluable tips, this timeless handbook will be of considerable utility to modern readers, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: Animal Trapping and Snaring, The Dorset Trap and Its Varieties, Humane Traps, Tools, Etc., For Trapping, How To Set The Dorset Trap, Round And Small Steel Traps, How To Set Round And Small Vermin Traps, Rabbit...
This vintage book contains a complete manual for the sportsman, game preserver, gamekeeper, and amateur on the art of taking animals and birds in trap...
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130,14 zł |
Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-Catcher After 25 Years' Experience
ISBN: 9781905124640 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. FULL REVELATIONS OF A PROFESSIONAL RAT-CATCHER AFTER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE. By Ike Matthews Originally published in Manchester 1898, this rare early work on rat catching and control is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. READ COUNTRY BOOKS have now republished it in an affordable, high quality, modern edition, using the original text. Ike Matthews was a well known pest controller in his home town of Manchester over 100 years ago. His services were much in demand by local corporations, railway companies and merchants. This book details his extermination methods acquired over...
FULL REVELATIONS OF A PROFESSIONAL RAT-CATCHER AFTER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE. By Ike Matthews Originally published in Manchester 1898, this rare early wor...
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81,92 zł |
Spider Mites: Volume 1b
ISBN: 9780444423740 / Angielski / Twarda / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This two-part volume with contributions from more than 50 international specialists, provides an up-to-date text and brings together facts and views of acarologists specialized in various aspects of the biology of spider mites. The need for such a treatment of scientific progress and recommended topics for future research exists among students, commencing in the study of acarology and plant protection, as well as among those engaged in acarological research and teaching. Both books will serve to provide a synthesis of much of the knowledge on basic and applied aspects of the biology of... This two-part volume with contributions from more than 50 international specialists, provides an up-to-date text and brings together facts and view... |
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1400,49 zł |
Biotechnology and Plant Disease Management
ISBN: 9781845932886 / Angielski / Twarda / 580 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As agricultural production increases to meet the demands of a growing world population, so has the pace of biotechnology research to combat plant disease. Diseases can be caused by a variety of complex plant pathogens including fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes, and their management requires the use of techniques in transgenic technology, biochemistry and genetics. While texts exist on specific pathogens or management practices, a comprehensive review is needed of recent developments in modern techniques and the understanding of how pathogens cause disease. This collection of studies...
As agricultural production increases to meet the demands of a growing world population, so has the pace of biotechnology research to combat plant dise...
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796,34 zł |
Invasive Forest Pests
ISBN: 9781600214615 / Angielski / Twarda / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The pathogen P ramorum is the causal agent of the disease known as Sudden Oak Death. It is of unknown origin and has infested large areas in central and northern coastal California and a small area in southern Oregon. This book examines these key environme
The pathogen P ramorum is the causal agent of the disease known as Sudden Oak Death. It is of unknown origin and has infested large areas in central a...
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715,75 zł |
Armored Scale Insects: Volume 4a
ISBN: 9780444428547 / Angielski / Twarda / 2 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents an up-to-date account of armored scale insects (Homoptera: Diaspididas), a family of highly specialized insects, many of which are important agricultural pests. Being sedentary, colonial and rather cryptic, many species have invaded new countries with important host plants. This has made them prime targets for biological control by natural enemies. No other book has attempted to present such a rounded picture of this important group. It covers all aspects: morphology, systematics, phylogeny, biology, ecology, natural enemies (pathogens, predators, parasites), pest...
This volume presents an up-to-date account of armored scale insects (Homoptera: Diaspididas), a family of highly specialized insects, many of which ar...
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1296,75 zł |
Tortricid Pests: Their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control Volume 5
ISBN: 9780444880000 / Angielski / Twarda / 808 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The economic importance of Tortricidae in agriculture and forestry is great: crops and forests in the temperate climatic zones suffer considerable loss due to this lepidopterous family. This volume covers the entire spectrum from taxonomy, morphology and physiology to chemical and biological control.
The economic importance of Tortricidae in agriculture and forestry is great: crops and forests in the temperate climatic zones suffer considerable los...
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1737,65 zł |
Insecticides Design Using Advanced Technologies
ISBN: 9783540469049 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Among the highlights of this book are the use of nanotechnology to increase potency of available insecticides, the use of genetic engineering techniques for controlling insect pests, the development of novel insecticides that bind to unique biochemical receptors, the exploration of natural products as a source for environmentally acceptable insecticides, and the use of insect genomics and cell lines for determining biological and biochemical modes of action of new insecticides. Among the highlights of this book are the use of nanotechnology to increase potency of available insecticides, the use of genetic engineering techn... |
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576,96 zł |
Pesticide Research Trends
ISBN: 9781604562002 / Angielski / Twarda / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A pesticide is a substance or mixture of substances used for preventing, controlling, or lessening the damage caused by a pest. A pesticide may be a chemical substance, biological agent (such as a virus or bacteria), antimicrobial, disinfectant or device u
A pesticide is a substance or mixture of substances used for preventing, controlling, or lessening the damage caused by a pest. A pesticide may be a c...
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1037,35 zł |
Animal Control Management: A New Look at a Public Responsibility
ISBN: 9781557535405 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first of its kind to discuss in detail the actual management of local animal control programs as opposed to the care of the animals. It covers financial, personnel, legal, health, and safety issues that animal control directors and management staff need to know in providing direction and oversight of animal control programs. Chapters examine selected topics in which the author assesses strengths and weaknesses and offers new insights and strategies for more effective management. For example, the two chapters on contracting discuss the steps in the process, strategies, and...
This book is the first of its kind to discuss in detail the actual management of local animal control programs as opposed to the care of the animals. ...
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171,99 zł |