The Triazine Herbicides

A key reference to weed management

Homer M. LeBaron (Editor-in-chief), Janis Mc Farland Ph.D. (Edited by), Orvin Burnside Ph.D. (Edited by)

9780444511676

Hardback, published 18 February 2008

600 pages
27.8 x 21.5 x 3.3 cm, 1.7 kg

Over the past 50 years, triazines have made a great impact on agriculture and world hunger by assisting in the development of new farming methods, providing greater farming and land use capabilities, and increasing crop yields. Triazines are registered in over 80 countries and save billions of dollars a year. The Triazine Herbicides is the one book that presents a comprehensive view of the total science and agriculture of these chemicals. With emphasis on how the chemicals are studied and developed, reviewed, and used at the agricultural level this book provides valuable insight into the benefits of triazine herbicides for sustainable agriculture.

Foreword – Dennis T. Avery
Chapter 1 – The Triazine Herbicides: A Milestone in the Development of Modern Crop Technology – Homer M. LeBaron and Janis McFarland
Chapter 2 – History of the Discovery and Development of Triazine Herbicides – Gustav Müller
Chapter 3 – Registration and Production of Triazine Herbicides – Walter Heri, Franz Pfister, Beth Carroll, Thomas Parshley, and James B. Nabors
Chapter 4 – Weed Control Trends and Practices in North America – David R. Pike, Ellery L. Knake, and Marshal D. McGlamery
Chapter 5 – Farming Trends and Practices in Northern Europe – James H. Orson
Chapter 6 – Biology and Ecology of Weeds and the Impact of Triazine Herbicides – Homer M. LeBaron and Gustav Müller
Chapter 7 – Plant Uptake and Metabolism of Triazine Herbicides – Bruce J. Simoneaux and Thomas J. Gould
Chapter 8 – The Mode of Action of Triazine Herbicides in Plants – Achim Trebst
Chapter 9 – Basis of Crop Selectivity and Weed Resistance to Triazine Herbicides – Amit Shukla and Malcolm D. Devine
Chapter 10 – Distribution and Management of Triazine-Resistant Weeds – Homer M. LeBaron
Chapter 11 – Weeds Resistant to Nontriazine Classes of Herbicides – Homer M. LeBaron and Eugene R. Hill
Chapter 12 – The Use of Economic Benefit Models in Estimating the Value of Triazine Herbicides – Gerald A. Carlson
Chapter 13 – Benefits of Triazine Herbicides in Corn and Sorghum Production – David C. Bridges
Chapter 14 – Benefits of Triazine Herbicides in Ecofallow – David L. Regehr and Charles A. Norwood
Chapter 15 – Weed Control in Sugarcane and the Role of Triazine Herbicides – Dudley T. Smith, Edward P. Richard, Jr., and Lance T. Santo
Chapter 16 – Benefits of Triazine Herbicides and Other Weed Control Technology in Citrus Management – Megh Singh and Shiv D. Sharma
Chapter 17 – Benefits of Triazine Herbicides for Weed Control in Fruit and Nut Crops – Clyde L. Elmore and Arthur H. Lange
Chapter 18 – Benefits of Triazine Herbicides in the Production of Ornamentals and Conifer Trees – John F. Ahrens and Michael Newton
Chapter 19 – Benefits of Triazine Herbicides in Turf – G. Euel Coats, Steve T. Kelly, and James M. Taylor
Chapter 20 – Methods of Analysis for Triazine Herbicides and Their Metabolites – Richard A. McLaughlin, Michael V. Barringer, James F. Brady, and Robert A. Yokley
Chapter 21 – Triazine Soil Interactions – David A. Laird and William C. Koskinen
Chapter 22 – Microbial Degradation of s Triazine Herbicides – Raphi T. Mandelbaum, Michael J. Sadowsky and Lawrence P. Wackett
Chapter 23 – Nonbiological Degradation of Triazine Herbicides: Photolysis and Hydrolysis – Allan J. Cessna
Chapter 24 – Soil Movement and Persistence of Triazine Herbicides – William C. Koskinen and Philip Banks
Chapter 25 – Hazard Assessment for Selected Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Triazine Herbicides – Charles B. Breckenridge, Christoph Werner, James T. Stevens, and Darrell D. Sumner
Chapter 26 – Mode of Action of Atrazine for Mammary Tumor Formation in the Female Sprague-Dawley Rats – Lawrence T. Wetzel and J. Charles Eldridge
Chapter 27 – Dietary Exposure Assessment of the Triazine Herbicides – Leslie D. Bray, Nina Heard, Robert A. Kahrs, Arpad Z. Szarka, and Dennis S. Hackett
Chapter 28 – Probabilistic Assessment of Laboratory-Derived Acute Toxicity Data for the Triazine Herbicides to Aquatic Organisms – Keith R. Solomon and Dennis Cooper
Chapter 29 – Atrazine and Simazine Monitoring Data in Community Water Systems in the United States During 1993 to 2000 – Dennis P. Tierney, B. R. Christensen, Cheryl Dando and Kendra M. Marut
Chapter 30 – A Decade of Measuring, Monitoring, and Studying the Fate and Transport of Triazine Herbicides in Groundwater, Surface Water, Reservoirs, and Precipitation by the U.S. Geological Survey – E. Michael Thurman and Elisabeth A. Scribner
Chapter 31 – Probabilistic Risk Assessment Using Atrazine and Simazine as a Model – Robert L. Sielken, Jr., Robert S. Bretzlaff and Cirisco Valdez-Flores
Chapter 32 – Progress in Best Management Practices – John F. Hebblethwaite and Carol N. Somody
Chapter 33 – Environmental Benefits of Triazine Use in Conservation Tillage – Richard S. Fawcett
Chapter 34 – Role of Triazine Herbicides in Sustainable Agriculture: Potential of Nonchemical Weed Control Methods as Substitutes for Herbicides in United States Corn Production – Leonard P. Gianessi and Janet E. Carpenter
Chapter 35 – Environmental Stewardship: The Roots of a Family Farm – Jere White
Appendix Table 1 – Chemical structures, names and weights of triazine herbicides
Appendix Table 2 – Physical/chemical properties of triazine herbicides
Appendix Table 3 – Selected metabolites of various triazine herbicides listed by metabolic processes or by individual compound
Appendix Table 4A – Scientific and common names of weeds mentioned in this book in alphabetic order by scientific name
Appendix Table 4B – Common and scientific names of weeds mentioned in this book in alphabetic order by common name
Appendix Table 5 – Triazine herbicide use as percent crop treated in major US crops during 2002

Subject Areas: Pest control [TVP], Agronomy & crop production [TVK], Agricultural science [TVB], Agriculture & farming [TV], Biochemistry [PSB], Life sciences: general issues [PSA], Biology, life sciences [PS]