Pesticides Usage and Its Toxic Effects – A Review

Authors

  • Prerna Sood Department of Zoology, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2023.505

Keywords:

Human health, pesticides environment, agriculture, toxicity, india, biopesticides, humans, weeds, diseases, insecticides

Abstract

The urbanization of agriculture sector leads to an increased chemical affliction on the environment. Pesticides are the chemicals used in agriculture to protect the plants from weeds, pests or diseases and human being from various diseases. In this review, the literature of different types of pesticides, pesticide usage and its toxic effects on mammalian systems are summarized. Most commonly used pesticides are fungicides, insecticides and herbicides to control the weeds and pest from agricultural sites. In the usage of pesticides, India stands 12th in the world even though the use of pesticides in India is low as compared to other nations in the world. However due to their negative impacts on human and the environment there is a requirement for an ecological and sustainable approach, as the public needs the execution of the latest concept of agriculture that is safe for humans and the environment. For the sustainable agriculture development and to protect the environment from adverse effects of chemical pesticides, formulation and utilisation of bio-pesticides should be encouraged.

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Published

2023-02-21

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Sood, P. . (2023). Pesticides Usage and Its Toxic Effects – A Review. Indian Journal of Entomology, 86(1), 339–347. https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2023.505

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Volume 86, Issue 1, March 2024

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