Controlled-Release Delivery Systems for Pesticides

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Highlighting means of reducing toxicity, increasing efficacy, lessening environmental impact, and facilitating product development, this work covers up-to-date advances in pesticide delivery technologies. It evaluates pesticide formulations and their use in mixtures that reduce physical incompatibilities in spray tanks and biological anatagonism in the field.

Author(s): Herbert B. Scher
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 1999

Language: English
Pages: 341
City: Boca Raton

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Preface
Contents
Contributors
I. Microcapsules
1. Selection of Coating and Microencapsulation Processes
2. Microencapsulation of Solid Particles
3. Application and Particle Design of Insecticide Microcapsules
II. Microparticles
4. Controlled Release of Pesticides from Microparticles
5. Dispersible Microparticles
III. Granules
6. Controlled-Release Pesticide Formulations from Cornstarch
7. Formulation of Microbial Pesticides
8. Controlled-Release Granules, with Emphasis on Lignin-Based Methods
IV. Devices
9. Long-Term Controlled-Release Pesticide Devices
10. Temperature-Triggered Permeability of Capsules and Seed Coatings
11. Controlled Delivery of Pesticides Through Synthetic Biodegradable Polymer Compositions
12. Controlled-Release Devices for Pheromones
Index