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Are Pesticides Really Necessary?

Keith C. Barrons

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Description:(from the back of the book)"He who has bread may have many troubles; He who lacks it has only one."Using the sly wisdom of this old Byzantine proverb, Keith C. Barrons leads the concerned layman and scientist alike on a guided tour of the symbiotic world of green plants, insects and man, always asking the question: Are pesticides really necessary? His answers may surprise you, just as his anecdotes as a lifelong gardener entertain you.ARE PESTICIDES REALLY NECESSARY? is a thorough and thoughtful update to SILENT SPRING. Having spent a career as a research biologist for universities, seed and chemical companies, Dr. Barrons is uniquely qualified to share in and understand the successful uses of chemical, and to thoroughly review their failures. The result is a look at both sides of the watering can and a highly informed opinion of the responsibility of man to nature.Whether it's protecting your tomatoes with marigolds - a myth, the author says - or devising the right trap crop scheme to foil the cabbage root maggot, ARE PESTICIDES REALLY NECESSARY? gives all the latest information available to help answer the question.Dr. Keith C. Barrons' involvement with pest management spans nearly half a century, first as a plant breeder with the Burpee seed organization, then on the faculties of Auburn and Michigan State Universities and finally as a researchist. Dr. Barrons is author of more than 100 technical papers and also an earlier book, THE FOOD IN YOUR FUTURE, a popular work which presents the story behind the remarkable agricultural progress of recent years, "the anatomy of abundance."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Are Pesticides Really Necessary?. To get started finding Are Pesticides Really Necessary?, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 245

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Regnery Gateway, Inc.

Release: 1981

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Description: (from the back of the book)"He who has bread may have many troubles; He who lacks it has only one."Using the sly wisdom of this old Byzantine proverb, Keith C. Barrons leads the concerned layman and scientist alike on a guided tour of the symbiotic world of green plants, insects and man, always asking the question: Are pesticides really necessary? His answers may surprise you, just as his anecdotes as a lifelong gardener entertain you.ARE PESTICIDES REALLY NECESSARY? is a thorough and thoughtful update to SILENT SPRING. Having spent a career as a research biologist for universities, seed and chemical companies, Dr. Barrons is uniquely qualified to share in and understand the successful uses of chemical, and to thoroughly review their failures. The result is a look at both sides of the watering can and a highly informed opinion of the responsibility of man to nature.Whether it's protecting your tomatoes with marigolds - a myth, the author says - or devising the right trap crop scheme to foil the cabbage root maggot, ARE PESTICIDES REALLY NECESSARY? gives all the latest information available to help answer the question.Dr. Keith C. Barrons' involvement with pest management spans nearly half a century, first as a plant breeder with the Burpee seed organization, then on the faculties of Auburn and Michigan State Universities and finally as a researchist. Dr. Barrons is author of more than 100 technical papers and also an earlier book, THE FOOD IN YOUR FUTURE, a popular work which presents the story behind the remarkable agricultural progress of recent years, "the anatomy of abundance."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Are Pesticides Really Necessary?. To get started finding Are Pesticides Really Necessary?, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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