Protecting Food Crops

Fine Chemicals, Food, Crop Protection, Bulk Pharmaceuticals... 

Promotes the environmentally sound use of crop protection products for the economical production of safe, high quality, abundant food, fiber and other crops. 

Xanthan has some unique properties and high activity at low concentrations and is commercially the most important exopolysaccharide. Food products account for approximately 60% of xanthan use, 15% is accounted for by toothpaste, textiles and crop protection products, 10% in the oil industry and the remainder in miscellaneous industrial/consumer applications. 

Crops, food, and feed. The first recommended method is based on the Dutch Multiresidue Method 2 for A-methylcarbamates, which was originally developed by de Kok et The method has recently been validated by DuPont Crop Protection and Batelle, Geneva Research Centres, for the analysis of methomyl and oxamyl in dry, high-water, high-fat, and high-acid content crops and in various grape processed products. The limit of detection for each analyte is 0.003-0.005 mg kg . ... 

Trewavas, A (2004) A critical assessment of organic farming-and-food assertions with particular respect to the UK and the potential environmental benefits of no-till agriculture , Crop Protection, 23, 757-781. 

Wijnands FG (1997) Integrated crop protection and environment exposure to pesticides methods to reduce use and impact of pesticides in arable farming. Eur J Agron 7 251-260 Williams CM (2002) Nutritional quality of organic food shades of grey or shades of green Am J Pathol 61(l) 19-24... 

Surfactants are used in a wide range of fields. By far the most important application is the washing and cleansing sector as well as textile treatment and cosmetics these use over 50% of the total amount of surfactants. Surfactants are also used in the food sector, in crop protection, in mining, and in the production of paints, coatings, inks, and adhesives. The basic manufacturing routes to important surfactants are laid out in Fig. 4.9. It is true that the most important surfactant from the amount produced apart from soap is still the petrochemical-based... 

The potato is a basic food crop in the Andean region of South America, and is an important cash crop in many other sections of Latin America. The investment necessary to produce a crop is considerably higher than in the case of corn, wheat, or beans, and the potato grower is correspondingly more interested in protecting this investment wherever diseases or insects are likely to be a problem. 

Cells R, Cox L, Hermosin MC, Cornejo J (1996) Retention of metamitron by model and natural particulate matter. Intern J Environ Anal Chem 65 245-260 Chaney RL (1989) Toxic element accumulation in soils and crops protecting soil fertility and agricultural food chains. In Bar Yosef B, Barrow NJ, Goldschmid J (eds) Inorganic contaminants in the vadose zone Springer, Heidelberg, pp 140-159 Charlatchka R, Cambier P (2000) Influence of reducing conditions on solubility of trace metals in contaminated soils. Water, Air Soil PoUut 118 143-167 Chien SH, Clyton WR (1980) Application of Elovich equation to the kinetics of phosphate release and sorption in soils. Soil Sci Am J 44 265-268... 

Pesticides are chemical or biological substances intended to control weeds, insects, fungi, rodents, bacteria, and other pests. They protect food crops and livestock, control household pests, promote agricultural productivity, and protect public health. The importance of pesticides to modern society can be summarized by a statement made by Norman E. Borlaug, the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner Let s get our priorities in perspective. We must feed ourselves and protect ourselves against the health hazards of the world. To do that, we must have agricultural chemicals. Without them, the world population will starve [1]. 

Chemical substances make a vital contribution to almost aU aspects of the hves of human beings. Chemicals bring about improvements in the health of the population and our quahty of life through new developments in, for example, treatment of disease, food safety, or crop protection. They also make a vital contribution to the economic and social well-being of citizens in terms of trade and employment. The global production of chemicals has increased from about 1 rnilhon tons in 1930 to more than 400 million tons today, and more than 100,000 different chemical substances are now on the market. 

Gozzo, F. (2003). Systemic acquired resistance in crop protection From nature to a chemical approach.. Agric. Food Chem. 51, 4487-4503. 

Is this a fair reflection of the contribution that crop protection chemicals have made to the world in which we live Are there no benefits at all Why do we accept the continual pollution of our land, the presence of toxic residues in our food and the destruction of all non-target organisms by the indiscriminate over-application of chemicals ... 

Recent studies in the US have indicated that if crop protection chemicals were banned yields of fruit, vegetables and cereal crops would decline by 32 to 78% (Smith et al.6). What effect would this have on the price of food ... 

Haines, C.P. 2000. IPM for food storage in developing countries 20th Century aspirations for the 21st century. Crop Protection 19 825-830. 

Sullivan, T.P. and Sullivan, D.S. 2004. Influence of a granivorous diversionary food on population dynamics of montane voles [Microtus montanus), deer mice [Peromyscus manicula-tus, and western harvest mice [Reithrodontomys megalotis). Crop Protection 23(3) 191-200. 

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