Six credit hours will be approved for the student for conducting research and submitting his thesis. (Prerequisite PLPT   595).

Lecture presentation by the student in major field of specialization

Importance of residue analysis in relation to human health methods of sampling, separation and extraction of residues. Problems of instrumental analysis of pesticide residues. Residual analysis of pesticides in certain biological media. (Prerequisite PLPT       526).
 

Methods of chemical analysis of pesticides: chromatography, spectero- photometery, gravimetry and volumetry. Handling and use of pesticide analysis instruments, spectral obsarbiometry, flame-emission spectrometry, chromatographic separation and nuclear magnetic resonance. (Prerequisite PLPT 506).

Nematicides, mollussicides, acaricides, rodenticides, avicides and piscicides. Structure / activity relationships. Formulations and methods of application. (Prerequisite PLPT    261 )

Chemistry of the different of pesticides. Physical and chemical characteristics of pesticides. Relations between the chemical structure and biological activity. (Prerequisite: PLPT    360).
 

The Agro-ecosystem. Mutual effects of pesticides and the environments. Hazards of pesticides to wildlife, man and farm animals pesticide registration, storage, disposal and handling precautions. (Prerequisite: PLPT         261).
 

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