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... may vary depending on the sample type and the purpose of the analysis. In the United This chapter was not prepared on behalf of the California Department of Food and Agriculture and therefore does ... used around the world: PAM-I (Luke and Storres methods); European standards I, II, and III [14,15]; those of Sweden [ 16] , the Netherlands [17], United Kingdom [18...

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... are involved in finding the right balance between these two objectives they will un- derstand the trade-offs involved and will continue to support the effort. The strength of the IPM concept lies in the ... economic and environmental consequences of implementing multidisciplinary and integrated biological-cultural methods, and (3) develop methods for collecting and in...

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... northern jointvetch (Aeschynomene virginica) in rice and soybean crops in Arkansas and the neigh- boring rice-producing states in the United States. The weed is an indigenous leguminous plant. In ... protect them against diseases, improve handling and visual qualities, improve shelf life, etc. These materials and treatments are coming under increasing scrutiny by the p...

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... apples, and other fruits and berries. They cover 52– 56% of cropland for 1 964 , 1 966 , and 1971 and 67 –70% for the 1982–1997 estimates. In years when the surveys did not include all states producing the ... in 1982, and a continuing decline to 50 60 million lb in the 1990s. 6. An increase in fungicide use from 22 million lb a.i. in 1 964 to 51 million lb a.i....

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... water sources. With the mandate of the 19 96 FQPA, the shortage of reliable residue data became the main impediment in realistically including the drinking water path- way in the total (aggregate) ... oncogenicity in humans and in laboratory animals, the evidence of genotoxicity (causing changes in the genetic materials), and the mechanistic data regarding rel...

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... defining underlying principles. These can serve as starting points or steps in the assessment of chemi- cal processing important to the health of the environment, humans, and wildlife. In the ... behavior and fate char- acteristics, both in the environment and in human and animal systems. The de - regulatory actions, both for premarket screening and for deci...

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... 83,159 109,180 400 ,61 4 100 Idaho 1,773 ,69 9 1.8 50 ,63 6 24,408 57,189 813,238 945,471 53 Illinois 6, 567 , 164 6. 7 63 ,709 14,133 299,9 36 — c 377,778 6 Indiana 3,2 46, 617 3.3 43 ,62 2 11,885 110,877 50,751 ... marketplace and to meet the marketing standards of the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and USDA and Food and Drug Ad- ministration standards for pest parts...

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... Agriculture and Environ- ment. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1998. The United Nations and national governments have long been interested in ascertaining the resistance situation. A 1984 study initiated by the ... Mosquito pipiens glasshouses in the Netherlands [59], where 22 sprays in just 10 months led to 47-fold levels of resistance. In another instance, intense use of bupr...

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... convenient and to reduce exposure for the people who use pesticide prod- ucts. Bulk-handling and mini-bulk-handling systems are available to store, trans- port, and handle liquid and granular pesticides. ... charging of the spray solution at the nozzle. Contact charging adds 40,000 V to the liquid spray solution in a charging chamber and then distributes the solution i...

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... much from increased sales as from consolidation in companies above them in the rank- ings (Table 3). In 2000 alone, Novartis and Zeneca became Syngenta, and BASF two steps (20% in 19 96 and the remaining ... lower cost) and the impact of herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant crops in the United States. Of major future interest in the merger and acquisition...

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