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Agriculture Development, Pesticide Application and Its Impact on the Environment
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Pesticides are indispensable in agricultural production. They have been used by farmers to control weeds and insects, and their remarkable increases in agricultural products have been reported.
Muyesaier Tudi +7 more
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Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2022 Pesticides are important chemicals or biological agents that deter or kill pests. The use of pesticides has continued to increase as it is still considered the most effective method to reduce pests and increase crop growth. However, pesticides have other
Rasheed O. Sule, Liam Condon, A. Gomes
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Pesticides are either natural or chemically synthesized compounds that are used to control a variety of pests. These chemical compounds are used in a variety of sectors like food, forestry, agriculture and aquaculture.
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BMC Public Health, 2021 In a correspondence to BMC Public Health, Dunn et al. (Dunn SE, Reed J and Neumann C. BMC Public Health (n.d)) respond to our review on the occurrence of unintentional, acute pesticide poisoning (UAPP).
Wolfgang Boedeker +3 more
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Impact of shocks to economies on the efficiency and robustness of the international pesticide trade networks [PDF]
Eur. Phys. J. B 96, 25 (2023), 2023 Pesticides are important agricultural inputs to increase agricultural productivity and improve food security. The availability of pesticides is partially achieved through international trade. However, economies involved in the international trade of pesticides are impacted by internal and external shocks from time to time, which influence the ...
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BMC Plant Biology, 2023 Background Plant growth regulators are chemicals that regulate plant growth and development, which can regulate hormonal balance and affect plant growth, thereby increasing crop yield and improving crop quality.
Zhiguo Zheng +5 more
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Pesticide-free agriculture as a new paradigm for research
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2022 Reducing pesticide use has become a goal shared by several European countries and a major issue in public policies due to the negative impacts of pesticides on the environment and on human health.
F. Jacquet +7 more
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CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2023 Background Pink stem borer, Sesamia inferens (Walker), a major rice pest, has rarely been reported to cause serious damage to sorghum in China. During a survey of insect pests in glutinous sorghum for Chinese liquor production areas in Guizhou Province ...
Chen Li +8 more
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Evolving community structure in the international pesticide trade networks [PDF]
Heliyon 9(11), e21076 (2023), 2022 The statistical properties including community structure of the international trade networks of all commodities as a whole have been studied extensively. However, the international trade networks of individual commodities often behave differently. Due to the importance of pesticides in agricultural production and food security, we investigate the ...
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