Pesticides selectivities

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Johnson, M.W. and Tabashnik, B.E. 1999. Chapter 13 Enhanced biological control through pesticide selectivity. In Bellows, T. and Fisher, T.W. (eds) Handbook of Biological Control. pp. 297-317. Academic Press, San Diego. 

Maltby et al. (2002) and Van den Brink et al. (2006a) compared SSDs based on acute and chronic laboratory toxicity data for aquatic test species exposed to pesticides. The SSDs were constructed with toxicity data for the most sensitive taxonomic group, because of the specific toxic mode of action of the pesticides selected. The SSDs were used to calculate the hazardous concentration to 5% of the species (HC5) by means of a log-normal distribution model, and comparisons were performed for 2 insecticides and 7 herbicides (Table 6.4). The log-normal model did not fit the diuron (herbicide) short-term L(E)C50 data or the atrazine (herbicide) long-term NOEC data. Consequently, the L(E)C50 HC5 value for diuron and the NOEC HC5 value for atrazine should be interpreted with caution, as well as their acute HC5-chronic... 

The EPA anticipates using a "clustered approach" to pesticide selection, so that all products with common use patterns would be classified together, hi this way EPA hopes to reduce the unfair economic impact of selective labehng decisions and to avoid case-by-case consultation with the Fish and Wildlife s Office of Endangered Species. 

Organically acceptable sprays such as horticultural oils make pest habitats inhospitable they also coat and suffocate scales. Soap sprays kill soft-bodied pests, as well as many beneficials, but are safer for the gardener than botanical pesticides such as pyrethrin. Gentle, nonpesticidal controls such as homemade herbal or baking soda sprays are much less toxic than botanical pesticides . select them first when you seek sprays or dusts to remedy pest problems. 

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