The pesticide should cause effect on the target pests and be selective enough to spare the non-target beneficial. The book deals with the pesticide toxicity to predators, parasitoids and microbes which are used for pest management in the agroecosystem. The other beneficials exposed to pesticides are pollinators, earthworms, silkworm and fishes. The book contains information on the modes of pesticide exposure and toxicity to the organisms, sub-lethal effects of insecticides and method of toxicity assessment, risk assessment of pesticidal application in the field. The purpose of the work is to compile and present the different procedures to assess pesticide poising in organisms related to the agroecosystem along with discussions on risk assessment procedures with clear comparison of toxicity of pesticides to target pests and non target beneficial organisms.

The present work is the first major attempt at reviewing comprehensively all the available information about the environmental fate and behaviour of the xenobiotic chemicals.

When looking for a book on fish toxicology, you might find one that discusses the biochemical and molecular aspects, or one that focuses aquatic toxicology in general. You can find resources that cover human and animal toxicology or ecotoxicology in general, but no up-to-date, comprehensive monograph devoted to the effects of chemical pollution on

The present work is the first major attempt at reviewing comprehensively all the available information about the environmental fate and behaviour of the xenobiotic chemicals.

A compilation of 98 abstracts with full bibliographic details is presented for selected reports, journal articles, and various documents published mostly since 1967 on dieldrin in water. The bibliography is produced from a computerized information base containing 35,675 abstracts covering Selected Water Resources Abstracts journal through December 15, 1971 (Volume 4, Number 24). A significant descriptor index is given of representative weighted terms that best describe the information content of the abstracted items. A comprehensive index is also given that represents all descriptors and identifiers used to index the different papers in the bibliography. Abstract items are arranged in ascending WRSIC Accession Number sequence.