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Description: |
xii, 498 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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General Note: |
Revised edition of: The new pesticide user's guide. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction to pesticides -- Insects -- Plant disease agents -- Vertebrate pests -- Weeds -- Pesticide laws, liability, and record keeping -- Pesticide label -- Pesticide safety -- Pesticides and environmental considerations -- Pesticide formulations and adjuvants -- Pesticide application equipment -- Pesticide equipment calibration -- Pesticide calculations and useful formulas -- Pesticide transportation, storage, decontamination, and disposal -- Integrated pest management. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Revises and enlarges The New pesticide user's guide (1981, 1983). It's bad enough that Bohmont (agriculture, Colorado State) sounds like a lobbyist for the pesticide industry. It's worse that he recommends his book to convey to high school and college students a respect for the use of pesticides. A. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Bohmont, Bert L. Standard pesticide user's guide. Rev. and enl. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice hall, ©1990 (OCoLC)747332160 |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
Table of contents http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780138408022.pdf |