PESTICIDES – ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL AND BOTANICAL PESTICIDES

PESTICIDES – ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL AND BOTANICAL PESTICIDES Edited by R.P. Soundararajan Pesticides – Advances in Chemical and Botanical Pesticides http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/2609 Edited by R.P. Soundararajan Contributors Malaya Ranjan Mahananda, Bidut Prava Mohanty, María Inés Maitre, Alba Rut Rodríguez, Carolina Elisabet Masin, Tamara Ricardo, Erin N. Wakeling, April P. Neal, William D. Atchison, Ahmed S. Abdel-Aty, Svetlana Hrouzková, Eva Matisová, Raymond A. Cloyd, Binata Nayak, Shantanu Bhattacharyya, Jayanta K. Sahu, Dipsikha Bora, Bulbuli Khanikor, Hiren Gogoi, Simon Koma Okwute, Rosdiyani Massaguni, Siti Noor Hajjar Md Latip, Annick Tahiri, Jackie Stevens, Kerry Dunse, Jennifer Fox, Shelley Evans, Marilyn Anderson, Tatiana Baidyk, Oleksandr Makeyev, Ernst Kussul, Marco Antonio Rodríguez Flores, Rafael Vargas-Bernal, Esmeralda Rodríguez-Miranda, Gabriel Herrera-Pérez, Nédia de Castilhos Ghisi Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Silvia Vlase Typesetting InTech Prepress, Novi Sad Cover InTech Design Team First published July, 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com Pesticides – Advances in Chemical and Botanical Pesticides, Edited by R.P. Soundararajan p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0680-7 Contents Preface IX Section 1 Pesticide Toxicity 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Toxicity on Biochemical and Hematological Parameters in Bufo melanostictus (Schneider) (Common Indian Toad) Exposed to Malathion 3 Malaya Ranjan Mahananda and Bidut Prava Mohanty Evaluation of Earthworms Present on Natural and Agricultural-Livestock Soils of the Center Northern Litoral Santafesino, República Argentina 13 María Inés Maitre, Alba Rut Rodríguez, Carolina Elisabet Masin and Tamara Ricardo Pyrethroids and Their Effects on Ion Channels 39 Erin N. Wakeling, April P. Neal and William D. Atchison Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Non-Traditional Pesticidally Active Compounds 67 Ahmed S. Abdel-Aty Endocrine Disrupting Pesticides 99 Svetlana Hrouzková and Eva Matisová Chapter 6 Indirect Effects of Pesticides on Natural Enemies 127 Raymond A. Cloyd Chapter 7 Photosynthetic Response of Two Rice Field Cyanobacteria to Pesticides 151 Binata Nayak, Shantanu Bhattacharyya and Jayanta K. Sahu Section 2 Botanical Pesticides and Pest Management 169 Chapter 8 Plant Based Pesticides: Green Environment with Special Reference to Silk Worms 171 Dipsikha Bora, Bulbuli Khanikor and Hiren Gogoi ... - tailieumienphi.vn