Agriculture control

PE AKIN, F.H. 1979 Odours in agricultural practice, prevention and control. Agricultural Research Council, London. 

Scott IM, Jensen H, Scott JG, Isman MB, Arnason JT, Philogene BJR, Botanical insecticides for controlling agricultural pests Piperamides and the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae), Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 54 212—225, 2003. 

Chemicals arc and have been the main weapon lor controlling agricultural pests for well over a century and will continue to be important for the foreseeable future. But within the Iasi 20 years and notably the last decade, the total chemical approach to pest control has been subject to questioning and alternative approaches have been sought. 

Propoxur is a contact and stomach poison insecticide against ants, cockroaches, crickets, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, thrips, chinch bugs, etc. It is used in many countries on alfalfa, corn, soybeans, cotton, vegetables, and ornamentals. It is also used in structural pest control, agricultural premises, commercial premises, and in households. Its oral LD50 in rats is 95-104 mg/kg. 

In spite of continuing worries about the dangers of pesticides, we still depend heavily on them. The Environmental Protection Agency reports (EPA) that around 500,000 metric tons of pesticides are used in the United States every year. We rely on them for disease control, agricultural production, preservation of buildings and materials, elimination of biting and troublesome organ-... 

Since pyriproxyfen is mainly used to control agricultural pests, laboratory and field evaluations of these insects are described below. The biological activity against household insect pests is shown elsewhere [30]. 

OST 59.01.003.48-85 Sector Labour Safety Standards. Air Quality of the Workplace. Acceptable levels of microorganisms used for controlling agricultural pests. Methods of monitoring... 

All what applies to CW agents is basically also true for toxic industrial compounds (TIC) like pesticides, etc. Organophosphorus pesticides are used extensively to control agricultural pests. Similary to nerve agents, they inhibit the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) [8]. Expositions mainly might occur in pesticide production plants and dnring their application in forestry, agriculture, and horticulture. Chemically similar compounds are used as flexibilizers or additives in lubrication solvents. 

On-site analysis is in demand for many areas of work including industrial quality control, agricultural and environmental studies, food analysis, and health care. All these areas of applications may require multianalyte detection and determinations. The high-throughput feature of FIA systems has shown to be very welcome in all these fields. 

The development of this technology aims to provide revolutionary means for observing, assessing, and controlling agricultural practices." ... 

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