
Herbicides
Chemistry, Efficacy, Toxicology, and Environmental Impacts
Description
Key Features
- Offers a comprehensive overview of herbicide science in modern agricultural systems
- Addresses the complex problems that can arise from herbicide use and misuse, including weed resistance, pollution, and human health issues
- Uses recent examples to demonstrate the topical nature of this issue
Readership
Table of Contents
1. Herbicides: Brief history, agricultural use, and potential alternatives for weed control
Robin Mesnage and Johann G. Zaller
2. A minimum data set for tracking changes in pesticide use
Charles M. Benbrook and Rachel Benbrook
3. Herbicide mode of action
András Székács
4. Co-formulants in commercial herbicides
Robin Mesnage
5. Analytical strategies to measure herbicide active ingredients and their metabolites
Souleiman El Balkhi, Sylvain Dulaurent and Franck Saint-Marcoux
6. Human health effects of herbicides used in intensive GM crop farming
Robin Mesnage and Michael Antoniou
7. Direct herbicide effects on terrestrial non-target organisms belowground and aboveground
Johann G. Zaller and Carsten A. Brühl
8. Indirect herbicide effects on biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and interactions with global changes
Carsten A. Brühl and Johann G. Zaller
9. Analytical strategies to measure health effects of herbicides: predictive toxicology
Robin Mesnage
10. Glyphosate as an active substance authorised under the EU pesticides regulations: Regulatory principles and procedures
Nicolas de Sadeleer
11. Chapter 11 Herbicides: a necessary evil? An integrative overview
Robin Mesnage and Johann G. Zaller
Product details
- No. of pages: 366
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2021
- Published: June 23, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780128236758
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128236741