Biopesticides (Οικολογικά φυτοφάρμακα - έκδοση στα αγγλικά)

Biopesticides
Pest Management and Regulation

Author: Alastair Bailey, David Chandler, Wyn P. Grant, Justin Greaves, G. Prince, M. Tatchell
ISBN: 9781845939779
Pages: 240
Format: 17 Χ 24
Binding: Paperback
Pub. Year: 2010


Greater use of biological control utilizing natural predation, parasitism or other natural mechanisms, is an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical pesticides, which 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 involved in biological alternatives through an interdisciplinary approach providing an internationally comparative analysis on the registration of biopesticides and the best way forward. An essential read for researchers, students and professionals in political and biological sciences.


Table of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The Interdisciplinary Challenge; 3. The Economics of Making the Switch in Technologies; 4. Microbial Control Agents: The Broad Context; 5. The Regulation of Biopesticides: an International Analysis; 6. Policy Networks and Regulatory Innovation; 7. Retail Governance; 8. Conclusions: Pest Management: an Overview.