| Autor: |
Maher Ahmed Moraiet, M. Shafiq Ansari, Salman Ahmad |
| Rok vydání: |
2013 |
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| Zdroj: |
Environmental Deterioration and Human Health ISBN: 9789400778894 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-94-007-7890-0_6 |
| Popis: |
Insecticides have saved millions of human and animal lives since the date of their synthesis and use. They have played an important role that brought revolution in the field of agriculture and human health on control of insect pests of crops and vector-borne diseases. More than 80,000 chemical substances are now commercially available in agriculture and industry. About 4.6 million t of pesticides are applied into the environment and insecticides accounted for the largest portion of total use in the world to increase the productivity of food and fibre as well as to prevent the incidence of vector-borne diseases. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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