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Agricultural chemical users' manual

Author/s:
Nicholas Woods, Geoff Cowles, Jodi Crome, Rowan Lambourne, Paul Simpson, Rick Webster
Publication details:
ISBN 0 7345 0321 0
Published:
2005
Bibliographic details:
145 pp; includes graphs, diagrams

Summary

Publication cover - Agricultural Chemicals Users' Manual

This comprehensive text for farmers, growers, trainers, spray contractors and operators provides expert advice on using agricultural chemicals safely and efficiently. The manual covers the use of fungicides, herbicides, insecticides and other pesticides.

Topics include:

  • controlling agricultural pests
  • pest biology
  • product formulations and labels
  • product safety, transport, storage and disposal
  • managing agricultural chemical resistance
  • spray and other application technologies
  • spray application equipment
  • agricultural chemical drift management
  • the law and agricultural chemicals

Use the manual for training

The manual is suited for use by registered training organisations in education programs on safe handling of agricultural chemicals.

The licence fee to reproduce the manual for use in your training organisation is $22 (including GST) per copy.

For more information, contact DPI&Fs Intellectual Property Commercialisation Unit

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Important note about copyright

Under the copyright conditions attached to this publication the downloading and printing of this publication by any person or organisation is confined to individual personal research or study purposes only. Any person or organisation wishing to reproduce or print off multiple copies of this publication for any purpose whatsoever must have the prior written approval of the copyright owners before doing so. Enquiries in this regard should be directed to:-

Intellectual property contacts

Professor Kamal Puri
Director
Intellectual Property Commercialisation Unit
Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries

Tel: +61 7 3225 1398
Email: kamal.puri@dpi.qld.gov.au

Or contact the DPI&F Business Information Centre on 13 25 23 or email callweb@dpi.qld.gov.au

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