Everything you need to learn about controlling pests using insecticides. Compounds of Insecticides: [A] Inorganic Compounds: (i) Paris green (double salt of copper arsenite and copper acetate) was firstly used as insecticide by about 1867 to control Colorado potato beetle. (ii) Lead arsenate was used first in 1832 by Moulton to control gypsy moth in Massachusetts. (iii) Calcium arsenate was [...]
Learn about how to control pests using insecticides! The types of insecticide formulations are all lethal, effective in killing the insects sooner or later. Generally the insecticides are broadly classified on the basis of the mode of their entry into the insect body as stomach, contact and fumigant poisons. Modern classification however does not follow this basis since the present [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Classification of Organophosphate Insecticides 2. Mechanism of Toxic Action of OPIs 3. Absorption and Excretion 4. Metabolism 5. Reactions of Different Enzymes. Classification of Organophosphate Insecticides: OPIs are classified into two broad groups on the following basis: 1. On the basis of their activity 2. According to the manner in which OPIs [...]