Agricultural chemistry / edited by Elizabeth Lamb. - New York, NY : NR Research Press, c2015. - viii, 214 pages : illustrations, tables ; 24 cm.

Classification and labeling of active substance in plant protection products -- Report of the workshop on harmonized classification and labelling (CLH) of active substances in plant protection products held in Berlin on 12 and 13 April 2011 -- Environmental and stress plant physiology and behavior -- Grain yield determination and resource use efficiency in Maize hybrids released in different decades -- Influence of the root and seed traits on tolerance of abiotic stress -- Abiotic stress in plants -- Ecophysiology of wild plants and conservation perspectives in the State of Qatar -- Scaling up of leaf transpiration and stomatal conductance of Eucalyptus grandis x Eucalyptus urophylla in response to environmental variables -- Antimicrobial and antioxidant potential of plant extracts -- In vitro antioxidant analysis and the DNA damage protective activity of leaf extract of the Excoercaria agallocha Linn mangrove plant -- Pollutants analysis and effects -- Effect of simulated rainfall on the control of Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Cicadellidea) with at-plant applications of imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, or dinotefuran on potatoes in laboratory and field trials -- Determination of triazole fungicides in fruits and vegetables by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS) -- Heavy metal content in bitter leaf (vernonia amygdalina) grown along heavy heavy traffic routes in Port Harcourt.

"The Science of agricultural chemistry has been illuminated in this comprehensive book. It is a compilation of original contributions by various researchers connected with specific subjects in agricultural chemistry. The areas that have been discussed in this book are; classification and labeling of active substances in plant protection products, environmental and stress plant physiology and behavior, antimicrobial and antioxidant potential of plant extracts, and pollutant examination and effects."--Back cover.

9781632380432 (hardback)


Agricultural chemistry
Chemistry, Agricultural

S585 / Ag8 2015