| Autor: |
David C. L. Jones, Ted A. Jorgenson, Vincent F. Simmon, Michael D. Waters, Ann D. Mitchell, R. Valencia, Shahbeg S. Sandhu, Neil E. Garrett, Kristien Mortelmans |
| Rok vydání: |
1982 |
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| Zdroj: |
Genetic Toxicology ISBN: 9781468443547 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-1-4684-4352-3_23 |
| Popis: |
With a limited supply of arable land supporting an ever-increasing human population, the threat of crop loss to agricultural pests becomes continually more acute. Thus pesticides have become an essential component of modern agriculture. As competing organisms evolve resistance to commonly used agents, new and more effective poisons and repellants must constantly be developed. The fundamental problem in pesticide development is to produce chemicals that act specifically against certain organisms without adversely affecting others. Because of the similarities in the structural, metabolic and genetic components of all life forms, absolute species specificity is frequently difficult to attain. Furthermore, such toxic chemicals improperly used may engender biological effects beyond those for which they were originally manufactured. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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