Suitable for students of crop protection and pest management specialists, scientists working in the pesticides industry, countryside managers, members of NGOs and environmental campaign groups, conservationists and amateur naturalists.
Prologue: Before Pesticides 1: Pesticides in the Early Part of the 20th Century 2: Application of Pesticides 3: Insecticides Post-1950 4: Herbicides 5: Fungicides 6: Other Pesticides 7: Resistance to Pesticides 8: Integrated Pest Management 9: Health Issues 10: Regulations and the Manufacturers of Pesticides and Related Organizations 11: Pesticides – the Future Annex: Common Name and Major Trade Name of Selected Pesticides
Graham Matthews was a research entomologist in Africa from 1958 -1967 working on cotton in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Nysasland. He joined Imperial College in 1967 but was seconded to Malawi from 1968-72. He has since been involved with cotton during visits to many countries in Africa, including Egypt, Sudan, Cote D'Ivoire, and to India Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, China and Australia. His research has been primarily on pesticide application technology, extending from agriculture to vector control.
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