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Author:   Peter T. Haskell ,  Peter McEwen
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.712kg
ISBN:  

9781461376538

ISBN 10:   146137653
Pages:   428
Publication Date:   31 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Issues associated with pesticide toxicology and arthropod natural enemies in the pre- and post-registration stages of chemical development.- 3 The initiative of the IOBC/WPRS Working Group on Pesticides and Beneficial Organisms.- 4 Reducing insecticide use in plant protection in Israel: policy and programmes.- 5 Pesticides and natural enemies: Malaysia perspectives.- 6 Can we achieve harmonization of regulatory requirements in Europe?.- 7 Introduction.- 8 Standard laboratory methods to test the side-effects of pesticides.- 9 Development and ring-testing of a standardized laboratory test for parasitic wasps, using the aphid-specific parasitoid Aphidius rhopalosiphi.- 10 Current status of a ring-tested method to determine pesticide effects on the predatory mite Typhlodromuspyri (Scheuten) (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) in the laboratory.- 11 Testing side-effects of pesticides on carabid beetles: a standardized method for testing ground-dwelling predators in the laboratory forregistration purposes.- 12 Testing side-effects of pesticides on spiders (Pardosa spp.) in the laboratory.- 13 Two-step test system using the plant-dwelling non-target insect Coccinella septempunctata to generate data for registration of pesticides.- 14 Side-effects of pesticides on larvae of Chrysoperla carnea (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae): actual state of the laboratory method.- 15 Field studies with pesticides and non-target arthropods in orchards.- 16 Accuracy and efficiency of sequential pesticide testing protocols for phytoseiid mites.- 17 Using a sequential testing scheme under laboratory and field conditions with the bumble bee Bombusterrestris to evaluate the safety of different groups of insecticides.- 18 Testing effects of pesticides on adult carabid beetles in semi-field and field experiments.- 19 The value of large-scale field trials for determining the effects of pesticides on the non-target arthropod fauna of cereal crops.- 20 Comparing pesticide effects on beneficials in asequential testing scheme.- 21 Introduction.- 22 Aims and consequences of regulatory risk management in Europe: a discussion.- 23 Effects of plant protection products on beneficial organisms: the current authorization procedure in Germany.- 24 Labelling and risk management strategies for pesticides and terrestrial non-target arthropods: a UK proposal.- 25 Pesticides and beneficial arthropods: an industry perspective.- 26 Honey bees in Europe: lessons for other terrestrial non-target arthropods.- 27 Risk assessment and management: is it working? An NGO perspective.- 28 Comparative impact of insecticide treatments on beneficial invertebrates in conventional and integrated farming systems.- 29 Relative toxicity of pesticides to pest and beneficial insects in potato crops in Victoria, Australia.- 30 The cumulative effect on populations of linyphid spiders and carabid beetles of insecticide sprays applied to two consecutive winter wheat crops.- 31 The MAFF SCARAB project: seven years of pesticide side-effects research on arthropods.- 32 A dynamic risk assessment for beneficial insects in cereal canopies.- 33 Introduction.- 34 Implications of insecticide resistance for interactions between pests, natural enemies and pesticides.- 35 Approaches for extrapolating pesticide side-effects between arthropod species: how much do we know?.- 36 Application of pheromones: toxicological aspects, effects on beneficials and state of registration.- 37 The importance of the population perspective for the evaluation of side-effects of pesticides on beneficial species.- 38 Introduction.- 39 The Asian initiative in pesticides and beneficials testing.- 40 The impact of locust and grasshopper control on beneficial arthropods in West Africa.- 41 Impact of insecticides on herbivore-natural enemy communities in tropical rice ecosystems.- 42 Development of decision-making tools for vegetable farmers in Southeast Asia.

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