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Synopsis The book throws light on classification of pesticide active ingredients on the basis of their toxicity to non-target organism by latest WHO covering information on all the 230 pesticides registered in India as on May, 2011. It includes trade name, registered formulations, target pests and crops which they are applied to, dose of application, waiting period and their mode of action. Most important and valuable information, which is not available at one place, is the latest maximum residue limit (MRL) of almost all pesticides, fixed by ICMR (under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006), along with codex MRL (European standard) on various crops. Besides, it gives information on status and impact of pesticides, latest consumption of pesticides crop wise and state wise, status of hazardous pesticides (as per WHO) in other countries, various toxicity categories and decontamination methods of pesticides. It includes list of pesticide manufacturers/suppliers in our country. Safe handling of pesticides along with very important national issue on ‘label claims’ is also included in it. This book is useful to all the stakeholders of plant protection. The concept of classification of pesticide ingredients based on WHO is very useful and important in present day context. Most of the farmers and researchers are unaware of hazardous nature of pesticide molecules used in agriculture. Researchers are continuing their efforts to develop effective IPM packages, for which it is mandatory to know which pesticides are safe for plant protection measures. In this book an effort has been made to classify pesticide active ingredients on the basis of their toxicity to non-target organism by WHO. This book reviews the latest research in this field which is very informative and useful for all the concerned researchers, scientific community, institutions and NGOs across the country. It is hoped that this book would inculcate a kind of knowledge based support and enthusiasm for adopting pest management practices embedded with judicious use of pesticides in agriculture to have healthy crop with more production incurring with minimal environmental implications associated with pesticide usage.