Pesticides

1. Introduction
2. What makes a pesticide a "good" pesticide?
3. Concerns about pesticides
   • Pest resistance
   • Contamination and toxicity
4. Dispersion of Pesticides
   • Ways that pesticides propagate in the environment
   • Consequences of pesticides' dispersion
5. Disposal of pesticides
6. Did you know that...
7. Profile
8. Trends in the evolution of pesticides
9. Research and development in crop protection
10. Introduction to Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
11. Elements of an IPM program
    • Planning and managing production systems
    • Establishment of economic/damage/action thresholds
    • Monitoring
    • Application control measures
      • Cultural control
      • Mechanical control
      • Biological control
      • Chemical control
    • Evaluation of the effects and efficacy of pest control measures used
12. Conditions required for successful IPM
13. IPM and computers
14. Profile of Peter Ednie
15. Sources