Phytotoxicants

Contents: 1. Chemistry of toxicants. 2. Eco-friendly botanicals as Tomorrow’s Pesticides: an overview. 3. A survey of promising insecticidal plant species. 4. Insecticides of plant origin-a review. 5. A survey of biocidal properties of some indigenous plants.

Toxic ingredients that are extracted from plant sources are termed as Phytotoxicants. These toxic ingredients disrupt the behaviour and physiology of pests in various ways. Putting the basic principles of the subject as briefly and as lucidly as possible, the book aims to enthuse the reader to take up research in this exciting area and to lay a solid foundation in the field on which further research or study may be based.