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Pesticides restricted for use in the country [2] No. Name Details of Restrictions 1: Aluminium phosphide: Pest control operations allowed only by Govt./Govt. undertakings/approved experts, except 15% 12g and 6% tablets. Production, marketing, and use of 10 and 20 tablet tube packs banned. (RC circular, G.S.R. 371(E), S.O. 677(E) dated 17 July ...
Toxicity labels [1] viz; red label, yellow label, blue label and green label are mandatory labels employed on pesticide containers in India identifying the level of toxicity (that is, the toxicity class) of the contained pesticide. [1] [2] [3] The schemes follows from the Insecticides Act of 1968 [1] and the Insecticides Rules of 1971.
Toxicity class refers to a classification system for pesticides that has been created by a national or international government-related or -sponsored organization. It addresses the acute toxicity of agents such as soil fumigants , fungicides , herbicides , insecticides , miticides , molluscicides , nematicides , or rodenticides .
(C 2 H 5 O) 2 P(S)OC 6 H 4 NO 2 + 1/ 2 O 2 → (C 2 H 5 O) 2 P(O)OC 6 H 4 NO 2 + S. The phosphate ester is more reactive in organisms than the phosphorothiolate ester, as the phosphorus atoms become much more electropositive. [8] Parathion resistance is a special case of acetylcholinesterase inhibitor resistance.
Use of genetically modified crops led to significant reduction of pesticide poisoning as these require significantly less pesticide application. In India alone reduction of 2.4–9 million cases per year was observed after widespread adoption of Bt cotton, with similar reductions reported in China, Pakistan and other countries. [31]
All India Secondary School Examination, commonly known as the class 10th board exam, is a centralized public examination that students in schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education, primarily in India but also in other Indian-patterned schools affiliated to the CBSE across the world, taken at the end of class 10. The board ...
Chlordane, or chlordan, is an organochlorine compound that was used as a pesticide. It is a white solid. In the United States, chlordane was used for termite-treatment of approximately 30 million homes until it was banned in 1988. [4] Chlordane was banned 10 years earlier for food crops like corn and citrus, and on lawns and domestic gardens. [5]
[5] Biopesticides can be classified thusly: Microbial pesticides consist of bacteria, entomopathogenic fungi or viruses (and sometimes includes the metabolites that bacteria or fungi produce). Entomopathogenic nematodes may be classed as microbial pesticides, even though they are multicellular. [6] [7] [8] [page needed] Bio-derived chemicals.