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Pesticide Risk Assessment in Rice Paddies: Theory and Practice

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Online Location
https://www.elsevier.com/books/pesticide-risk-assessment-in-rice-paddies-theory-and-practice/capri/978-0-444-53087-5
Publication date
03/10/2007
Number of Pages
266
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Books
Focus Region:
Asia and the Pacific
Europe
North America
Focus Topic:
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses
Health & Diseases
Type of Risk:
Biological & environmental
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk assessment
Commodity:
Crops
Author
Editors: Ettore Capri, Dimitrios Karpouzas
Organization
Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Istituto di Chimica Agraria ed Ambientale, Sezione Chimica Vegetale, Piacenza, Italy

Rice is cultivated throughout the world under submerged conditions. The high water requirements and the heavy pesticide load used in rice paddies worldwide have resulted in contamination of associated surface water, such as streams, ditches, rivers and lakes. The uniform risk assessment approach which has been developed for other crops is not applicable to rice paddies, because of the specific conditions applied to rice cultivation. Pesticide Risk Assessment in Rice Paddies: Theory and Practice fills the gap in information on this subject. Written by experts, this book summarizes the methods used for pesticide risk assessment in rice paddies, the limitations and problems encountered and future developments. It also examines the various agronomic, pesticide application and risk assessment approaches used in different rice cultivated zones in Asia, America and Europe and is an essential reference for those working in this area.