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Pesticides and Plant Protection Appliances is designed as a practical manual for students and teachers specializing in plant protection. The theme of this book is to acquaint with latest knowledge in rational use of pesticides in plant disease and pest management. Forty four chapters covering various aspects of Pesticides and Plant Protection Appliances such as their definition, advantage and disadvantage, classification, registration procedures, laboratory and field evaluation methodology, problems with pesticide resistance and its management, residues and environmental pollution, spraying technology, need based pesticide use reduced risk pesticide etc. have been included in this manual. The book will be useful to researchers, teachers, extension specialists and students of plant protection and can also be useful to crop pathologists, plant protectionists and personnel of agricultural and horticultural departments.

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Definitions of pesticides. 3. Pesticide nomenclature. 4. Advantages and disadvantages of pesticides. 5. Pesticides classification. 6. Pesticide registration. 7. Pesticide formulations. 8. Formulation with combinations of pesticides. 9. Tank mix of pesticide. 10. Pesticide label and pictogram. 11. Pesticide resistance and its management. 12. 3R : Critical issues of pesticides. 13. Failure of pesticide applications in field. 14. General symptoms and signs of acute pesticide poisoning. 15. Harmful effects of pesticides. 16. Pesticide adjuvants. 17. Spurious/sub-standard pesticides. 18. Minimum risk pesticide. 19. Strobilurins – a new generation fungicide. 20. Bio pesticides. 21. Pesticide toxicity. 22. Pesticide residues. 23. In vitro evaluation of fungicides. 24. Bordeaux mixture. 25. Antibiotics. 26. Factors affecting pesticide performance. 27. Pesticide application technique. 28. Sprayer. 29. Dusters and dust applications .30. Spray nozzles. 31. Spraying techniques. 32. Spray droplets, sampling and measurement. 33. Care and maintenance of plant protection appliances. 34. Testing methods of plant protection appliances. 35. Equipment calibration. 36. Method for calculation of pesticides for application. 37. Conversions and calculations. 38. Basic precautions in pesticide usage. 39. Keep these tips in mind when using pesticides. 40. Methods of application of fungicides. 41. Seed treatment. 42. Fumigants. 43. Plant health clinic.