**Meet the editor**

Professor Margarita Stoytcheva graduated from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy of Sofia, Bulgaria, with titles of Chemical Engineer and Master of Electrochemical Technologies. She has a Ph.D. and DSc. degrees in chemistry and technical sciences. She has acted in research and teaching in several Universities in Bulgaria, Algeria and France. From 2006. to the pres-

ent she has participated in activities of scientific research, technological development and teaching in Mexico at the University of Baja California, Institute of Engineering, Mexicali, as a full time researcher. Since 2008. she has been a member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico. Her interests and areas of research are analytical chemistry and biotechnology.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 2 **Quality of Vegetables** 

**Part 1 Pesticides and Food 1** 

Chapter 1 **Role of Pesticides in Human Life** 

**in the Modern Age: A Review 3** 

Chapter 3 **Differential Efficacy of Insecticides According** 

Nguyen Van Hoa and Doan Van Bang

George Afrane and Augustine Ntiamoah

Chapter 4 **Use of Pesticides in the Cocoa Industry and** 

Chapter 6 **Pesticide Residues in Bee Products 89** 

Chapter 7 **Ecological Effects of Pesticides 129**  James Tano Zacharia

Chapter 8 **Ecological Impacts of Pesticides** 

and Urania Menkissoglu-Spiroudi

**Part 2 Environmental Impacts of Pesticides 127** 

**in Agricultural Ecosystem 143** 

Seyed Soheil Saeedi Saravi and Mohammad Shokrzadeh

**to Crop Growth: The Citrus Psyllid on Citrus Plants 33**  Katsuya Ichinose, Katsuhiko Miyaji, Kunihiko Matsuhira, Keiji Yasuda, Yasutsune Sadoyama, Do Hong Tuan,

**Their Impact on the Environment and the Food Chain 51** 

Emmanouel Karazafiris, Chrysoula Tananaki, Andreas Thrasyvoulou

Khalil Talebi, Vahid Hosseininaveh and Mohammad Ghadamyari

Chapter 5 **Industrial Contaminants and Pesticides in Food Products 69**  Ruud Peters, Henry Beeltje and Marc Houtzager

**and Pests Control in African Urban Cities 13**  Dembele Ardjouma, Oumarou Badini and A. Abba Toure
