Index
A
absorbate 42
absorbent 42–43
acaricides 64, 206
acceptable daily intake (ADI) 117
accidental release 52, 59, 82, 215
acrylamide 59
activation 42, 50, 177
active ingredient 15–18, 21–22, 26, 124,
142, 184, 208, 215
acute exposure 59, 136
adsorbate 42
adsorbents 42, 44, 93–94, 98, 130, 132; see
also trapping agent
advection see mass transport
aerobic 20, 76, 86, 88
afatoxin 209
agricultural burning 64–65; see also
biomass burning
air basin 5, 47, 82
air conditioning 30, 62, 198–199
airshed 96, 132–133, 135, 137
allelopathy 207
Alternative Fluorocarbons
Environmental Acceptability
Study (AFEAS) 147
ambient air 2, 4, 13, 60, 62, 78, 82, 91–92,
94, 99, 133, 137, 191
anaerobic 20, 157
analyte 91, 93–96, 112
angiotensin-converting enzyme II
(ACE2) 191
annual time-weighted average
(ATWA) 136
Antarctica 42, 66, 162
anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) 199
anthropogenic 32, 104, 127, 154, 161
antivirals 192–193
application of pesticides 20–21
aircraft 20, 101
broadcast 184
controlled release technology 211
deep injection 125
disced 21, 38
drip irrigation 20, 59, 139
electrostatically charged spray
droplets 211
foliar 15, 160
ground rigs 185
shank 137–140
smart systems 211
spray 5, 22, 58–59, 77, 104–105, 112,
185–186, 211
spray drift control technology 211
spread 1, 21, 194, 196,
198–200, 216
surface chemigation 138
aquaculture 77
arid 166, 169
artifcial intelligence 193
avermectins 204–206, 208
azeotropes 36–37
B
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) 203, 209
bacteria 7, 18, 63, 77, 88, 199, 205, 216
bamlanivimab 193
ban 2, 74, 142, 203
BASF 205
basil see Ocimum basilicum
bayer 143, 205–206
Bhopal, India 140–141
bioaccumulation 65, 161
biobased economy 217
biochemical pesticides 18; see also
biopesticides
biodegradable 58, 77, 86
biofumigant 124, 140, 143
bioherbicide 207
biological processes 33, 80
absorption by biota 33
microbial dechlorination 76
microbial degradation 33, 44, 76
microbial transformation 80–81
221