The Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers presented its report on ‘Insecticides and Pesticides – Promotion and Development including Safe Usage – Licensing Regime for Insecticides’ on December
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Increasing evidence from animal and human studies indicates that chlorpyrifos (CPF) , similar to other organophosphorus insecticides still widely used, is a developmental neurotoxicant.
A bill to regulate the import, manufacture, export, sale, transport, distribution, quality and use of pesticides with a view to.
Widespread residential pesticide use throughout the United States has resulted in ubiquitous, low-level pesticide exposure. The mix of active pesticide ingredients is changing in response to 2000
In the light of increased awareness on unwanted effects of conventional insecticides and concern for ecofriendly plant protection, avermectins have emerged as new group of insecticides.
Dissipation of chlorpyriphos on cauliflower was studied following applications at recommended dose and double dose for the two consecutive years 2004 and 2005 to work out the safe preharvest waiting period.
The degradation of insecticides chlorpyrifos, fipronil, endosulfan, cyhalothrin and deltamethrin at 5-10 mg kg in wheat grains during storage and processing was investigated.
<p>A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2007 in the vegetable farm of the Division of Entomology, IARI, New Delhi in Randomized Block Design with ten treatments including a control. Seed treated with imidacloprid (3 g ai kg-1 seeds) or foliar spray either of thiamethoxam/acetamiprid/imidacloprid @20 g ai ha-1 effectively reduced leafhopper population, Amrasca biguttula.</p>
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday said insecticide-treated mosquito nets could help reduce deaths due to malaria effectively. They said the outbreak of the disease is taking a serious turn in 13 districts particularly in mosquito-infested areas in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of the country as 98 per cent people of the areas are under the risk of malaria.
Patiala, October 03 Neem-based bioinsecticides will soon be commercially produced by the Thapar University
