insecticide
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An insecticide is a chemical substance used to kill insects, as shown in historical examples like the FLIT spray pump from 1928 and modern agricultural applications such as spraying cashew trees. Insecticides matter because they help protect crops and control pest populations, though their use involves important considerations about effectiveness and broader impacts.
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- Sales
- Synthetic insecticides
- Development
- Systemicity and translocation
- Organochlorides
- Organophosphates
- Pyrethroids
- Neonicotinoids
- Diamides
- Biological Insecticides
- Definition
- Market
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Plant extracts
- Genetically modified crops
- RNA interference
- Spider toxins
- Entomopathic bacteria
- Entomopathic fungi
- Entomopathic viruses
- Sublethal effects
- Environmental toxicity
- Effects on nontarget species
- Persistence in the environment and accumulation in the food chain
- Runoff and percolation
- Insect decline
- Bird decline
- Alternatives
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects. They include ovicides and larvicides used against insect eggs and larvae, respectively. The major use of insecticides is in agriculture, but they are also used in home and garden settings, industrial buildings, for vector control, and control of insect parasites of animals and humans.