Application Of Pesticides To Crops

This book follows the author's successful "pesticide application methods" by relating the equipment needs to the overall pest control requirement of major crops. It outlines the ten problems against which farmers are using pesticides and focusses on the details of the application techniques they need to optimise pesticide use.

Sommario

Application techniques; temperate field crops - cereals, oilseed rape and sugar beet; rice; maize; cotton and other arable row crops; deciduous fruit orchards; tropical and sub-tropical tree and bush crops; application in protected cropping; vegetable crops; turf and other pesticide applications in amenity areas; general comments.

Riassunto

This work provides "pesticide application methods" by relating the equipment needs to the overall pest control requirement of major crops. It outlines the pest problems against which farmers are using pesticides and focuses on the application techniques they need to optimize pesticide use.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: G. A. Matthews, Graham A Matthews, Graham A. Matthews
• Editore: Imperial College Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.11.1999
• EAN: 9781860941689
• ISBN: 978-1-86094-168-9
• Pagine: 340
• Serie: Agricultural Sciences Publicat; Agricultural Sciences Publicat
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia