Essays on Pesticides

Genetically modified crops (GM crops) are crops which have had their DNA altered in a way that does not occur naturally. Individual genes which promote durability or nutritional value are transferred from one organism to another to create biologically robust plants. Initially, it was developed in response to growing concern about protecting crops from insects, unusual weather patterns and harmful pesticides. GM crops are becoming more and more mainstream, dividing public opinion about the health and environmental impacts of producing…...

Surface water supplies usually have conventional water treatment facilities including filtration, which removes potentially pathogenic microorganism’s, particulates and followed by disinfection.Coagulation and flocculationCoagulation and flocculation’s are often the first step in water treatment and commonly known as chemical treatment. It is used to remove fine suspended matter by chemical treatment which chemicals are added in to the water, then the positive charge of these chemicals neutralizes the negative charge of dirt and other dissolved particles in the water that causes…...

IntroductionMost farmers come from a long generation of farmers that have helped provide farm produced crops for the society for many decades. Farmers are proud of what they do and love being able to bring in all-natural farm feed produced and provide fresh fruits and veggies to our local grocers. Agriculture has been stable stability for America for decades economically and food source of survival. Most recent years small rural farmers struggle with climate change, competitive traders, and large corporations…...

Historical Perspective –ContaminationEnvironmental contamination of the land is not a new concept. There is evidence that Roman smelters contaminated the land with lead which effect most of Europe (Ferrara, 2020). In the mid-20th century synthetic materials such as plastics, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and inorganic pesticides like dichlorobiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) began to be produced (Ferrara, 2020). They had toxic properties and did not degrades in the environment over time. Chemical spills, toxic gas releases, petroleum product spills and leaks, as well…...

In Tomorrow’s Table, Chapter 12, “Who Owns The Genes? The Seed Industry: Accelerating or Impeding Innovation?” Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak discuss how the agricultural production is essential for human life in which case can be somewhat of an issue for some countries given that populations are growing and the demand is only expanding overtime. The idea of having different issues related to the role of genetic engineering and organic farming in food production. Genetically engineered crops versus organically grown…...

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 19.8 million people use medical marijuana in the United States. Marijuana, otherwise known as weed, is not a government standard so it is classified as unknown, making it illegal. The legalization of medical marijuana has many benefits such as lowering crime rates, comforting people suffering from chronic pain, and boosting our economy.With medical marijuana legal, crime rates will decrease all over the United States. In Colorado, marijuana crime cases…...

INTRODUCTION1.1 Background of the studyBulb onion (Allium cepa L.) has lot of varieties, one of it is the red onion which is basically the most accessible on markets. Red onion is mostly a need kind of spice for our everyday cooking, it can also be of use in medical purposes. Due to its market demand, Philippine government imports red onion because it lacks on local production for a reason that traditional farming of red onion highly dependent to weather conditions…...

Indirect mechanism of plant growth promoting endophytes includes production of secondary metabolite which protects host plants from infection causing organisms by hydrocyanic acid production which is synthesized by the decarboxylation of glycine. HCN serves as an effective biological control agent against plant pathogens. HCN mainly stops electron transport chain and prevents energy supply to the cell, leading to death of the pathogen. In our study, 6.2 % endophytic bacterial isolates showed positive results for HCN production. These native endophytes could…...

ABSTRACTThe study on perceived training needs of MPEOs revealed that majority of the respondents were in <35 years age group with diploma in agriculture education, belonged to backward class with 3 years Job experience, annual income <1.5 lakh, agricultural university scientists, AO/ADA as a sources of information, with rural background and had no membership in any organization. With regard to training exposure, it is evident that majority (63.79%) of the respondents attended 10-20 trainings of 2-3 days duration at sub-divisional…...

Entering the 19th century, tobacco turned into one of the leading commodities of the Dutch Colonial Government. With the hope of earning a large income, tobacco began to be planted in a forced planting system. The high risk of the tobacco planting business around Central Java then forced the government to give up forced cultivation of tobacco plants. The Dutch did not want to lose money, then they let the farmers plant and sell their tobacco harvest to the private…...

IntroductionWe all know seaweed as the slimy, sometimes smelly thing that washes up on the beach. But when we look further at these green algae, we see how valuable seaweed can be.The cultivation of seaweed and the marketing if it has come to improve economic conditions and limit the pressure on fishing. Seaweed is grown in large numbers in Asian countries such as China, Japan and Indonesia, but since a few years, seaweed farming has become increasingly popular in the…...

The ecosystem services are the processes that the environment produces resources benefit the humans from the ecosystem that the combination of an area’s abiotic factors such as air, water, soil, rocks, temperature and biotic factors which are everything living (ESE,2000). For instance, these services can get it directly such as food, clothing, house, and medicine that is obtained directly from the biodiversity within an ecosystem or can get it indirectly such as methods execute by healthy biodiverse ecosystems (WHO, 2005).…...

After about 3 months of transplantation, the plants are shifted to the shady area under natural conditions.The quantity of remaining chemicals that are discussed in the regeneration of plant via leaf discs remains same. REGENERATION BY SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESISThe fruit from the mature seeds or the leaf or stem of the plant are collected aseptically from the 2-3 months old plant that are sterilized with 70% v/v ethanol for 2-3 minutes and freshly prepared 0.1% w/v solution of HgCl₂ for about 15…...

Pollution is often defined as the introduction of a harmful substance into the environment. consequently, the harmful substances that enter the environment can be differentiated into articles in several categories. according to - Macmillan Social since Library, (2003) the article \"Pollution\" article the most common forms of pollution include air pollution, water pollution, and land pollution. in particular, the issue regarding pollution is the uncertainty among the sole producers of these toxic pollutants. Michael Specter (2015), from \"A Thirsty Violent…...

Baldauf (2011) quoted a famous writer known to many, Mark Twain, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one\'s lifetime\". The majority of society needs to travel the world to better themselves in their careers or even for leisure. Without transportation, we would not be able to…...

Biomimicry is a branch of science that tries to reflect sustainability and life functions in environmental design to the lives of individuals, as well as proposes to bring improved studies to a necessary level of prosperity through nature. So how can biomimicry solve the problem of viruses and bacteria in the health care industry? It is possible to say that nature is the source of healing and inspiration in many areas. Nature is a combination of perfect elements that inspire…...

As the population of increases, so does the demand for food and crops that can be allocated equally and adequately among the various citizens in its population. As time has progressed, it has become increasingly imperative that the food shortage that many around the world face be addressed immediately. This fact alone has led many farmers to rely on the aid of genetically modified organisms, or as they are more commonly known, GMOs. Genetically modified organisms are organisms in which…...

The present work examines the Impact of Agricultural Credit on Productivity of Sugarcane farmers in Chamarajnagar District of Karnataka. India is an agrarian economy nearly 65 per cent of working population engaged in agricultural sector. Development of agriculture purely depends upon the availability of finance. But the sources of agricultural finance are meager in the country, therefore in earlier days most of the farmers depends on local money lenders for their financial requirements. Usually they charged high rate of interest…...

Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Cornell University identified the previously elusive signal, they were methyl salicylate, by the composition of aspirin-like, which brings the plant’s immune system ready for more intense work.Head of Research Associate Professor of Plant Pathology Daniel F. Klessig said: “Finally we have identified the signal that is spreading from the place of infection, activating the protection of the whole plant and the enzymes that regulate the level of this signal, and…...

Nourishment cleanliness are the conditions and measures important to guarantee the wellbeing of nourishment from creation to utilization. Nourishment can get tainted anytime during butchering or reaping, handling, stockpiling, appropriation, transportation and readiness. Absence of sufficient nourishment cleanliness can prompt foodborne illnesses and passing of the consumer.WHO helps Member States in advancing safe nourishment dealing with through deliberate ailment avoidance and wellbeing instruction programs coordinated to nourishment handlers, including the buyers.Foodborne sickness can be brought about by microbiological, synthetic or…...

Pesticides have been in use since before 2000 B.C. Many different substances have been used for pest control from sulfur, in ancient Mesopotamia, to synthetic pesticides, in the 1940's. Pesticides have their advantages and disadvantages, but the question is, are they really that bad? In my personal opinion, pesticides create more problems than they prevent. To begin, the advantages of pesticides all have their drawbacks. One aspect may be exceptional, however there are consequences to each. The primary advantage to society is the costs associated with…...

What are Biopesticides?Biopesticides (also known as biological pesticides) are certain types of pesticides derived from such natural materials as animals, plants, bacteria, and certain minerals. For example, garlic, mint, and baking soda all have pesticidal applications and are considered biopesticides. At the end of 1998, there were approximately 175 registered biopesticide active ingredients and 700 products. Biopesticides fall into three major categories:Microbial pesticides contain a microorganism (bacterium, fungus, virus, protozoan or alga) as the active ingredient. The most widely known…...

Due to conventional farming, individuals are consuming pesticides on a daily basis that are harmful towards our health and environment. What are pesticides? They are a form of a biocides, which by definition is “any chemical that destroys life by poisoning, especially a pesticide, herbicide, or fungicide. “We ingest pesticides every day from the food we eat. It seems contradictory that we would consume something that by definition destroys life. Conventional farming claims that the use of pesticides on food…...

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. Due to the poor understanding of the pathophysiology of PD, Animal PD models were developed to aid with the investigation of the pathogenesis of PD. The toxin-induced model of PD is the most used model in most research work. There have been many PD animal model studies on motor features and economic importance associated with dopamine depletion however there are…...

ABSTRACTCatalysts play a significant role in reduction processes and a low-cost nanocomposite catalyst containing copper oxide on graphene oxide support was made by a hydrothermal self-assembly process which was used for reduction of nitroaromatics. The reduction was carried in aqueous NaBH4 solution.INTRODUCTIONNitroaromatics (NA) are reduced to produced amino-aromatics (AA). Several NAs are toxic in nature and cause environmental pollution and hence they are converted into AAs which serve as intermediates for accessing pharmaceuticals, pesticides, cosmetics, agrochemicals and dyes. Reduction is…...

Bees play a pretty big role in agriculture. They pollinate crops, increase production, and give us honey, that’s lucrative in vast amounts. Globally there are more honey bees than any other types of bee or pollinating insect. Bees are so important, that millions of farmers are actually spent renting out beehives to pollinate their own crops, because this insect is the world\'s most important pollinator especially with food crops. It’s Estimated that over ⅓ of the food we consume has…...

 IntroductionOver the past decade, an incipient yet growing body of climate change research has begun to synthesize insights from environmental studies and development studies (Ayers & Dodman, 2010). A leading paradigm within this synthesis is the human security approach to global environmental change. Contributions to the latter have addressed how the effects of global environmental change are filtered through the interaction of economic, social, institutional, political, cultural and technological processes (Barnett & Adger, 2007). In particular, by reframing environmental change…...

GMOs a very debatable topic in agriculture. You see everywhere now almost on every food container or label that it is a non GMO product. Do you know what a GMO is? Genetically modified organism, they are living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory through genetic engineering.So what’s the big deal, some say it benefits the plant life. By moving other genetics from other plants it benefits the product to make it last and stay…...

The author focuses on the heavy use of “pesticides” in the war in some of the fighting countries of the two world wars, a highly lethal chemical weapon. And he would like to emphasize that the use of these chemical weapons caused not only great harm to humanity but also killed many biological organisms and caused severe pollution and trauma to the natural environment. He mainly argues in the article during the World War, there were advertisements for pesticides from…...

Chemistry and in particular Organic Chemistry plays a pivotal role in the field of Sciences to provide chemical compounds (molecules) for various studies of both academic interest and industrial importance. For example, new drugs, fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides, polymers and biopolymners, optoelectronic devices such as LCDs, LEDs, OLEDs etc. besides the latest development of nanomaterials all of them are originated from the development of new synthetic methods and methodologies to provide molecules of interest. In the field of new drug…...

  Natural EnemiesBio-control agents can be integrated in the management techniques to avoid abusive use of chemical pesticides. The agents include parasites, parasitoids and natural enemies of the pest. Natural predators of Tuta absoluta are Macrolophus pygmaeus and Nesidiocoris tenuis (Arno & Gabarra, 2011). According to Arno and Gabarra (2011), Indoxacarb increases the mortality of Macrolophus pygmaeus and Nesidiocoris tenuis. They also state that azadirachtin and spinosad have a negative effect on the reproduction of the predatory insects of tomato leaf…...

Pesticides have always been coherently harmful and have had a lot of controversy surrounding them. A piece done by findlaw.com wrote about pesticides and how they can be mislabeled, they said, 'While pesticides are meant to deter pests and problematic plants, they can have dangerous effects on humans as well. Sometimes manufacturers provide inadequate safety warnings with their pesticides or fail to test their products adequately before putting them on the market. When individuals are injured as a result.'Genetically Modified…...