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Main Title Pyrethrum flowers : production, chemistry, toxicology, and uses /
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Author Title of a Work
Casida, John E.
Quistad, Gary Bennet.
Publisher Oxford University Press,
Year Published 1995
OCLC Number 29669688
ISBN 0195082109; 9780195082104
Subjects Pyrethrum (Insecticide) ; Pyrethrum (Plant) ; Pyrethrins ; Pyrethrins--Toxicology ; KongreƇ ; Pflanzenbau ; Produktion ; Pyrethrine ; Pyrethrum (Insektizid) ; Toxikologie ; Wucherblume
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EJBM  SB952.P9P93 1995 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 05/05/2006
Collation xviii, 356 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Notes
Papers based on an International Symposium on "Pyrethrum Flowers: Production, Chemistry, Toxicology and Uses" held in Aug. 1992, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
Nomenclature of Pyrethrum Extract and the Six Natural Pyrethrins -- 1. Chemicals in Insect Control / Michael Elliott -- 2. History of Pyrethrum in the 1970s and 1980s / William D. Gullickson, Sr -- 3. Pyrethrum Flowers -- Production in Africa / Job M.G. Wainaina -- 4. Pyrethrum Flowers -- Production in Australia / William L. MacDonald -- 5. Breeding Methodologies Applicable to Pyrethrum / B.K. Bhat -- 6. Pyrethrum Extraction, Refining, and Analysis / David J. Carlson -- 7. Constituents of Pyrethrum Extract / Donald R. MacIver -- 8. Chemistry of Pyrethrins / Leslie Crombie -- 9. Environmental Fate of Pyrethrins / Donald G. Crosby -- 10. Mode of Action of Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids / David M. Soderlund -- 11. Insect Resistance to Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids / Donald G. Cochran -- 12. Mammalian Toxicology of Pyrethrum Extract / Gerald P. Schoenig -- 13. Metabolism and Synergism of Pyrethrins / John E. Casida and Gary B. Quistad. Papers based on International Symposium On Pyrethrum Flowers held in Aug. 1992 in Honoulu, Hawaii.