Professor Albert S. Perry passed away suddenly on February 18, 1992, leaving behind his grieving family, friends and colleagues. It was his aspiration to produce a comprehensive work on insecticides to summarize his lifelong dedication to the field of entomology and public health. On the day before his operation, he expressed his desire with the following words: . "1 am coming out of this surgery and will recuperate from it as soon as possible for the sake of my boy (then aged three) and the book". He also told me that he would like to add a chapter on IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and suggested that we write it together. The sad reality is that none of this took place the way he had planned and these became his last words. On my own, I found it difficult to proceed with the writing of the IPM chapter, since several chapters are required to cover· this subject and, in fact, several books. are already devoted to IPM. There was even an IPM article written in a journal (Awake 1983) for a general audience to which he commented that he would like to use it someday because it was well written for laymen, thus providing the readers a wide selection of journals and books to choose from.

1 Introduction

2 Function and Classification
3 Formulations of Insecticides
4 Toxicology of Insecticides
5 Methods of Testing Chemicals on Insects
6 Evaluation of Toxicity in Insects
7 Evaluation of Toxicity in Higher Animals
8 The Nervous System as Insecticide Target
9 The Organochlorine Insecticides
10 Insecticides Acting as GABA-Ergic Agents
11 Organophosphorus Insecticides
12 Carbamate Insecticides
13 Botanical Insecticides
14 Synthetic Pyrethroids
15 Synergists
16 Neonicotinoids and Nitrogenous Insecticides
17 Compounds Interfering with ATP Synthesis
18 Miticides
19 Fumigants and Nematicides
20 Insect Growth Regulators (IGRs)
21 Insect Sterilants
22 Attractants, Repellents, and Antifeedants
23 Microbial Insecticides
24 Miscellaneous Compounds
25 Molluscicides
26 Avicides
27 Rodenticides
28 Hazards Associated with Pesticide Use
29 Insect Resistance
References
The Contribution of Albert S. Perry to Insect Resistance and Environmental Toxicology.