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Chemical Pesticides and Human Health: The Urgent Need for a New Concept in Agriculture
Frontiers in Public Health, 2016 The industrialization of the agricultural sector has increased the chemical burden on natural ecosystems. Pesticides are agrochemicals used in agricultural lands, public health programs, and urban green areas in order to protect plants and humans from ...
P. Nicolopoulou‐Stamati +4 more
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PESTICIDES AND INDIAN AGRICULTURE- A REVIEW
, 2021 Globally more than half of the pesticides are utilized in Asia. India stands 12th in pesticide use globally and 3rd in Asia after China and Turkey. In present study, the data of different types of pesticides, pesticide use pattern and detailed pesticide ...
Pragati Nayak, H. Solanki
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Development of novel pesticides in the 21st century
Journal of pesticide science, 2020 General trends and strategies for novel pesticides are summarized. Global pesticide sales and pesticide discovery research are also briefly reviewed. At least 105 chemical pesticides have been launched during the past decade or are under development: 43 ...
N. Umetsu, Yuichi Shirai
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, 2019 Analysis of pesticide residues is very important to enforce legislation and guarantee food safety. The correct use of pesticides is still crucial in agriculture because they provide spectacular increases in crop yields and ensure global demand for grain.
Andreu Pérez, V., Picó, Yolanda
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Effects of Nanoparticles on Double-Stranded RNA Stability in Corn Soil [PDF]
, 2018 Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) can potentially be used as a pesticide because these molecules trigger an immune response called RNA interference (RNAi). If the expression of essential genes matching the dsRNA sequence are silenced, then the pest dies.
Reyanldo, Miriam +7 more
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Pesticides, environment, and food safety
, 2017 Agrochemicals have enabled to more than duplicate food production during the last century, and the current need to increase food production to feed a rapid growing human population maintains pressure on the intensive use of pesticides and fertilizers ...
F. Carvalho
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Microbial activity in different soils in response to metribuzin treatment [PDF]
Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 2019 The effect of metribuzin on soil microorganisms and their enzymatic activity, as well as the amount of metribuzin residues, greatly depend on the type of soil and its physico-chemical properties.
Šantrić Ljiljana +4 more
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Can Sclerotinia stem and root rot be managed effectively without causing environmental imbalance in soil? [PDF]
Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 2023 Sclerotinia stem and root rot, caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is considered to be an important soil-borne disease of over 400 plant species, including a wide range of species important for agriculture.
Mihajlović Milica +5 more
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Organochlorine pesticides, their toxic effects on living organisms and their fate in the environment
Interdisciplinary Toxicology, 2016 Organochlorine (OC) pesticides are synthetic pesticides widely used all over the world. They belong to the group of chlorinated hydrocarbon derivatives, which have vast application in the chemical industry and in agriculture.
R. Jayaraj, Pankajshan Megha, P. Sreedev
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Control of pepper bacterial spot and tomato bacterial speck using bactericides in combination with a plant activator [PDF]
Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 2019 The efficacy of a formulated product of tea tree oil (TTO) and a standard copper based bactericide in combinations with acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM) for control of bacterial spot of pepper and bacterial speck of tomato was evaluated under controlled ...
Rekanović Emil +5 more
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