Environmental Behavior of Pesticides

The course will highlight the main mechanisms of chemical, physical and biological processes that govern the fate of pesticide in different environmental compartments with emphasis on the distibution mechanisms, degradation and accumulation.

The interactions with the soil: adsorption, chemical and biological degradation; interactions with plants: absorption and metabolism; contamination of water and air systems; transport in the liquid and gaseous phases; main decontamination techniques of soil and water: biological, chemical and physical.

Agrofarmaci: conoscenze per un uso sostenibile. Gennari e Trevisan, Perdisa editore