UID:
edocfu_9958131280102883
Format:
1 online resource (543 p.)
ISBN:
0-444-59963-0
Series Statement:
Developments in agricultural and managed-forest ecology, 19
Content:
Genetic research in some fundamental crops, together with the use of chemicals as pesticides and fertilizers, opened the way in the 1950s and 1960s to great changes in methodology in agriculture - with astonishing results in the tropics. This change became known as the Green Revolution - a truly great revolution in methods and materials which, when applied with intelligence, made possible in a few years the achievement of complete sufficiency in cereals production in South and South East Asia, Mexico and South America. After 20 years of continuous success, aspects of the Green Revolution need
Note:
"Proceedings of the International Meeting organized by the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, Palazzo Civilta del Lavoro, Roma, Italy, in collaboration with the Commission of European Communities and with ENEA, held in Rome, Italy, 8-10 September 1986."
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Front Cover; Towards a Second Green Revolution: From Chemical to New Biological Technologies in Agriculture in the Tropics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Participants; Other Titles in This Series; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. Introductory Remarks; Chapter 2. Scientific Research and the Challenge of Agriculture in the Tropics; Chapter 3. Tropical Ecosystems; PART I: AGROCHEMICALS: PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND REGULATION; Chapter 4. The Role of Industry in the Research of Agrochemicals; 1. Introduction; 2. Characteristics of Agrochemical Industry; 3. The Need for New Agrochemicals
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4. Agrochemical Rationale and Design5. Research Opportunities in Chemical Insect Control; 6. Research Opportunities in the Control of Fungal Plant Diseases; 7. Research Opportunities in Weed Control; 8. Conclusions; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Production and Trade of Pesticides; Introduction; 1. Aspects of Pesticide Production; 2. Aspects of Pesticide Trade Practices; Conclusions; Chapter 6. Environmentally Dangerous Products; Introduction; 1. Chemical Substances; 2. Developing Countries and the Need for Pesticides
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3. Anticipating Environmental Risks in Planning Development Projects Containing Pest Control Elements4. Judicious Pesticide Use: the Case of Integrated Pest Management Strategies (IPM); 5. Biotechnology: New Promised Land?; 6. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgement; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Regulations: Procedures for Authorization and Use of Agrochemicals in Malaysia and Some Selected Developing Countries of Asia; 1. Introduction; 2. Pesticides Regulation and Usage in Malaysia; 3. Procedures for Authorization and Use of Agrochemicals in the People's Republic of China
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4. Procedures for Authorization and Use of Agrochemicals in Pakistan5. Procedures for Authorization and Use of Agrochemicals in the Philippines; 6. Summary; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. New Lines of Research in Agrochemicals: the Role of Industry, National Institutions and International Agencies; 1. Chemicals for Food Production; 2. Target and Non-target Effects of Agrochemicals; 3. Pest Management Systems; 4. Approaches to Discovery of Biological Activity; 5. The Role of National and International Governments and Industry in Research; 6. Conclusion; REFERENCES
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PART II: ADVERSE EFFECTS OF FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDESChapter 9. Diffusion of Agrochemicals in the Tropical Environment and in the Food Chain Monitoring and Modelling in Biotic and Abiotic Systems; 1. Introduction; 2. Fertilizers in the Environment; 3. Pesticides in the Environment; 4. Conclusions and Recommendations; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. Effects of Agrochemicals on Tropical Ecosystems: Soil, Water, Flora and Fauna; Introduction; Differences between Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems in Temperate and Tropical Climates; Sensitivity of Tropical Terrestrial Ecosystems
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Exposure of Tropical Ecosystems to Pesticides and Other Industrial Chemicals
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-98927-7
Language:
English
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