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Professor Albert S. Perry passed away suddenly on February 18, 1992, leaving behind his grieving family, friends and colleagues. It was his aspiration to produce a comprehensive work on insecticides to summarize his lifelong dedication to the field of entomology and public health. On the day before his operation, he expressed his desire with the following words: . "1 am coming out of this surgery and will recuperate from it as soon as possible for the sake of my boy (then aged three) and the book". He also told me that he would like to add a chapter on IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and suggested that we write it together. The sad reality is that none of this took place the way he had planned and these became his last words. On my own, I found it difficult to proceed with the writing of the IPM chapter, since several chapters are required to coverú this subject and, in fact, several books. are already devoted to IPM. There was even an IPM article written in a journal (Awake 1983) for a general audience to which he commented that he would like to use it someday because it was well written for laymen, thus providing the readers a wide selection of journals and books to choose from.

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Introduction.- Function and Classification.- Formulations of Insecticides.- Toxicology of Insecticides.- Methods of Testing Chemicals on Insects.- Evaluation of Toxicity in Insects.- Evaluation of Toxicity in Higher Animals.- The Nervous System as Insecticide Target.- The Organochlorine Insecticides.- Insecticides Acting as GABA-Ergic Agents.- Organophosphorus Insecticides.- Carbamate Insecticides.- Botanical Insecticides.- Synthetic Pyrethroids.- Synergists.- Neonicotinoids and Nitrogenous Insecticides.- Compounds Interfering with ATP Synthesis.- Miticides.- Fumigants and Nematocides.- Insect Growth Regulators.- Insect Sterilants.- Attractants, Repellents and Antifeedants.- Microbial Insecticides.- Miscellaneous Compounds.- Molluscicides.- Avicides.- Rodenticides.- Hazards Associated With Pesticide Use.- Insect Resistance.-

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The history, chemistry, modes of action, metabolism, toxicity and environmental problems of insect-controlling agents as well as of nematicides, molluscicides, avicides, and rodenticides.

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