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PREFACE R.ECENT A D V A N C E S IN P E S T I C I D E F O R M U L A T I O N T E C H N O L O G Y were presented at the symposium upon which this book is based. The symposium was organized to inform industrial, university and government pesticide researchers and pesticide program administrators about these advances. I think it is safe to say that most pesticide researchers now realize that the understanding of the physical chemical principles upon which pesticide formulation science is based is just as important in the development of a new pesticide product as understanding pesticide chemical structure-biological activity relationships. This book will be particularly useful to researchers working in the area of pesticide product development. It is hoped that the papers presented herein will serve to update these researchers on new formulation techniques as well as to act as catalysts for the development of new product development concepts. The first chapter of the book is an overview of the most active pesticide formulation research areas, including comments on topics not covered in the symposium because of time limitations. The subsequent chapters deal in depth with the main topics (Flowables, Computer Applications, and Controlled Release Formulations) and general topics. I feel this book fulfills a very important need—the enhancement of communication among pesticide formulators and between pesticide formulators and the rest of the pesticide community. HERBERT B.
SCHER
Deguigne Technical Center Stauffer Chemical Company Richmond, California January 1984
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Scher; Advances in Pesticide Formulation Technology ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1984.
