Essays on Pesticides

Bees have been affected by pesticides for generations. When one pesticide is banned, another is either in development or has been released just in time to fill the gap in the market. Unfortunately, more often than not, pesticides are banned as they have been found…

Age specific fecundity The age specific fecundity values of H. hebetor exposed to sub-lethal doses of either Vertimec, Proteus or Sirinol. All insecticides caused decrease in age specific fecundity in compared of the control. Other than control, in both contact and digestive assays, the highest…

Rice (Oryza sativa) is a staple food in the Philippines and comprises 35% of an average Filipino’s daily calorie intake. Being an agricultural country, rice is a common crop in the Philippines especially in the northern parts yet the country continues to depend on importing…

Abstract The sub lethal effects of Biskaya, Neem Azal and Tondexir were investigated on life parameters of Habrobracon hebetor, Say (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in two method: contact and digesive in laboratory condition. The first, the sub-lethal concentration of these treatments as contact method were determined 0.0063,…

A range of insecticides are used extensively to control D. opuntiae and others scale pests around the world which can also indirectly affect beneficial organisms (Vermeulen et al. , 1990; Campiche et al. , 2006; Dawar et al. , 2016). Deltamethrin, methidathion and carbaryl have…

Organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) is a bacterial catalyst that has been appeared to degrade an extensive variety of neurotoxic organophosphate pesticide. The successful degradation of chlorpyrifos pesticide was finished by the bacterial compound as it were. The organophosphate degrading enzyme from Pseudomonas stutzeri MCAS01 can degrade…

Pesticides are substances used to eradicate, control, inhibit or repel harmful or otherwise undesirable living organisms. Pesticides have a wide range of intended uses including prevention of crop damage, material preservation, and insect repellent. Its use can be widely seen across many sectors including agriculture,…

Different types of epidemiological studies have been carried out to understand the relationship between exposure to pesticides and cancer. These pesticides can enable the cancer process by either nongenotoxic mechanisms such as promotion, peroxisme proliferation, and hormone imbalance, or by affecting carcinogenic process in a…

Culinary Arts has faced several issues throughout the industry whether it’s cross-contamination, food safety, having to call back food, etc. One main issue in the United States is using pesticides and genetic modification in farms to produce fruits and vegetables. Farmers have been using both…

The Use of Pesticides Pesticides are chemicals used to protect plants and crops from weeds, insects and dangerous molds. Although the use of these chemicals may seem favorable, they’ve been proven to be extremely harmful to both wildlife, and humans. The amount of pesticides being…

The Abyss of Pesticides and Genetically Modified Organisms Food: the centre of our lives, a means of survival, and a way of getting together and having a swell time. However, over 80% of the world’s food is genetically modified, altered at the genetic level which…

To uphold our current government which should be run by the people, for the people, we must show our participation. For if we as citizens do not participate in the fate of our country, it will be left up to the minority who were chosen…

What’s the Panic About Pesticides? “The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that about 805 million people of the 7.3 billion people in the world, or one in nine, were suffering from chronic undernourishment in 2012-2014.” (“The State of Food”) Starvation and diseases are…

Nigeria, a country blessed with natural resources and diverse provisions from above, distinguished with numerous and heterogeneous skills, aptitude and talents crucial for the development of the country and blessed with the intellect that can’t be compared with some notable countries in the world but…

Rice (Oryza sativa) is the most important and prominent agricultural product of the world. It is also the staple food of at least half of the world’s population, and mainly of that consists of Asians. It is recognized that in Rice, there are certain constraints…