BCPC Knowledge Bank

BCPC’s Knowledge Bank provides access to a wealth of research from past BCPC Congresses and Symposia. This resource contains over 64,000 pages dating back to 1954 through to 2009.

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Pesticides in Soil and Water – Introduction – Microbial aspects	...Results Recoveries 95-105% Degradation rate often reported as first order kinetics sometimes biphasic sometimes has a lag period Degradation route volatile component extractable component; characterisation and quantification of parent and...		view PDF
Biotechnology in Crop Protection – Commercial considerations	...resistance genes is now coming to fruition, so rapid progress onthescience is certain. What will this mean for the commercial arena, and how will it exemplify the advantages of gene-based...		view PDF
Seed Treatment – Progress and Prospects – Biological seed treatments	...of commercial development. Given the inherently limited commercial opportunity for such products, it is clear that not all will be commercially viable. Success will depend not only on possessing strains...		view PDF
Seed Treatment – Progress and Prospects – Cereal seed treatments	...Net blotch (Pyrenophora teres Drechs.) is a common disease of barley everywhere the crop is grown. The disease is knownin two forms,the “net” type, the most common form which gives...		view PDF
Environmental Effects of Pesticides – Mammals	...et al., 1966 Hansson, 1967, Karlsson, 1986, Getz, 1987). Comparisons between various types of live trap are common (e.g Chitty & Kempson, 1949, Hansson, 1967, Mihok, et al., 1982) but...		view PDF
BCPC Pests & Diseases 1996 – Session 6c	...wasa verystronginfluence of produce outlet on the awareness of IPM/ICMpractices in somebutnotin all sectors. Face to face communication from crop consultants, the agrochemical industry and the food companies were the...		view PDF
BCPC Pests & Diseases 1996 – Session 4c-4d	...other extensive studies in individual developing countries in- dicate that over one-third of pesticides available on the market in develop- ing countries do not comply with international standards. Increased efforts...		view PDF
Weed Control in the Northern Environment – Research 137-164	...no damage, 9 = complete crop kill), recorded on the same dates as the counts were taken. Immediately prior to harvest six measurements of crop straw length were completed per...		view PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference – Vol 1 Session 1 and 2	...the advice it gives to Government and the reasoning behind that advice. Related committees include the Food Advisory Committee, the Committee on Toxicity and the Advisory Committees on Genetic Modifications...		view PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference – Vol 3 Session 8B and 8C	...This is a particularly encouraging developmentas it is a community wide initiative and sets out a common standard throughout Europe. The Scheme aims to encourage companies to undertake positive environmental...		view PDF
Persistence of Insecticides and Herbicides – Control 229-240	...example, there is evidence to suggest that DDT (Focht and Alexander, 1970) ,2,4,5-T ij degradation is a combination of metabolism and co-metabolism. is a common and important mechanism of pest-...		view PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1991 Vol I – Dicotyledons	...major species. Whilst both formulations proved comparable when used against the grass weeds, the ‘wetted’ formulation, however, proved slightly more active against volunteer barley (Hordeum vulgare). Comparability of both formulations...		view PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1991 Vol I – New Directions and New Technologies	...highly phytotoxic compounds. Thus, the herbicide industry has a generally increasing interest in this source of new compounds as older discovery strategies have become less productive. The commercial pest control...		view PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1987 Vol I – New Uses of Existing Products	...found by random screening of newly synthesized compounds to find a lead. Improvements are then sought by synthesizing analogs of the lead compound. To be developed as a commercial herbicide...		view PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1987 Vol II – Biology of Seed Weed	...light (top); alternating temperatur e (right); nitrate (left). Two-factor combinations are shown in rectangl es between contributing single factors, and the three-tactor combination in a triangle. Results of control treatment...		view PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1987 Vol II – Cereals – Weed Species and Control	...treatment) of common chickweed, mayweeds, cleavers and common poppy, the most competitive yield depressing weeds in cereals (Wilson 1984) together with that of speedwells, dead-nettles (Lamium spp.), polygonums (Polygonum aviculare,...		view PDF
BCPC Pests and Diseases 1994 Vol II Session 5A p577-608	...to overthirty. There are three large companies (> 100 employees), most of the others are smaller (< 30 employees). Someof the companies only concentrate their activities in the fields of...		view PDF
BCPC Pests and Diseases 1994 Vol III Session 8A 8B and 8C	...but also effective communication and compromise between the technical and commercial departments of every company marketing crop protection agents. Introducing sensible use patterns when a new productis first launched, through...		view PDF
BCPC Pests and Diseases 1994 Vol III Session 8D p1049-1138	...generally concentrated on their many deficiencies. Biopesticides were once neglected by the agrochemical industry. They were subsequently promoted by venture capitalists as commercially and technically important componentsofcrop protection in the...		view PDF
BCPC Pests and Diseases 1994 Vol III Session 9C	...This was much more time consuming and tricky because normal fluorescent lighting caused decomposition at 0.13% per minute. Six compounds, A-G, were studied. Compounds C-F had insufficient water solubilities (<...		view PDF

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