本书为农药学科的专业英语教材，以化学农药、生物农药、农药剂型、纳米农药、农药应用、化感作用、基因工程农药、农药生物测定、农药抗药性、农药残留、农药降解、农药毒理、农药风险评估、农药管理、农药设计十五个主题进行详细展开，课后有习题及阅读材料。书后附录包括常见农药专业英语词根、前后缀，农药剂型名称及代码，常见农药中英文名称及习题答案等。
本书可供农药学专业的本科生和研究生使用，也可作为相关专业人员的教学和参考用书。

PART ⅠCHEMICAL PESTICIDES1
Unit 1Chemistry of Pesticides1
Reading Material： Pesticides，Common Names，Chemical Names and Trade Names8
Unit 2Chemical Insecticides11
Reading Material： Chemical Herbicides19

PART ⅡBIOLOGICAL PESTICIDES25
Unit 3Botanical Pesticides25
Reading Material： Essential Oils31
Unit 4Microbial Pesticides35
Reading Material： Bacillus thuringiensis41

PART ⅢFORMULATIONS43
Unit 5Liquid Formulations43
Reading Material： Advantages and Disadvantages of Liquid Formulations49
Unit 6Solid Formulations52
Reading Material： Adjuvants57

PART ⅣNANOPESTICIDE61
Unit 7Nanopesticide61
Reading Material： Nanoparticles67
Unit 8Nanoformulation70
Reading Material： Advantages of Nanoemulsions and Nanodispersions76

PART ⅤAPPLICATION OF PESTICIDES79
Unit 9Application Technologies79
Reading Material： Minimizing Particle Drift86
Unit 10Pesticide Equipments88
Reading Material： Sprayer Components95

PART ⅥALLELOPATHY99
Unit 11Allelopathy99
Reading Material： Allelochemicals105
Unit 12Application of Allelopathy109
Reading Material： Allelopathy and Weed-Crop Ecology115

PART ⅦGENETICALLY ENGINEERED PESTICIDE119
Unit 13Genetically Engineered Crops119
Reading Material： Transgenic Technology125
Unit 14RNAi130
Reading Material： Methodology of dsRNA Uptake136

PART ⅧBIOASSAYS140
Unit 15Experimental Design140
Reading Material： Factors Affecting the Bioassay146
Unit 16Bioassays of B.thuringiensis149
Reading Material： Types of Bioassays156

PART ⅨRESISTANCE159
Unit 17Resistance159
Reading Material： Classification of Resistance166
Unit 18Mechanisms of Resistance168
Reading Material： Resistance Management175

PART ⅩPESTICIDE RESIDUES177
Unit 19Pesticide Residues in Food and Trade177
Reading Material： Sample Collection，Preparation，and Analysis184
Unit 20Analysis of Pesticide Residues 186
Reading Material： Analytical Methods193

PART ⅪPESTICIDE DEGRADATION196
Unit 21Environmental Fate196
Reading Material： Effects of Soil Parameters on Pesticides Fate203
Unit 22Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation206
Reading Material： Microorganisms Involved in Degradating Pesticides213

PART ⅫTOXICOLOGY216
Unit 23Toxicology216
Reading Material： Classification of Toxicants221
Unit 24Toxicity of Pyrethroids225
Reading Material： Developments in Toxicology231

PART ⅩⅢRISK ASSESSMENTS234
Unit 25Toxicity Assessment234
Reading Material： Framework for Ecological Risk Assessment240
Unit 26Exposure Assessment243
Reading Material： Risk Assessment：First and Second Tier247

PART ⅩⅣPESTICIDE MANAGEMENT250
Unit 27Pesticide Management in China250
Reading Material： International Conventions256
Unit 28Pesticide Regulation in USA259
Reading Material： The Federal Insecticide，Fungicide，and Rodenticide Act265

PART ⅩⅤPESTICIDES DESIGN268
Unit 29Analogue Design of Pesticide268
Reading Material： Combinatorial Chemistry274
Unit 30Computer-Aided Design277
Reading Material： Virtual Screening281

APPENDIXES285
Appendix 1专业词根、前缀、后缀285
Appendix 2农药剂型名称及代码（GB/T 19378—2017）291
Appendix 3常见农药中英文名称292

Key to Exercises311