Plant Protection

Insecticides / Pesticides Registered under section 9(3) of the Insecticides Act, 1968 for use in India

December 26, 2018

(As on 18/09/2018)    Source S.No. Name of the Pesticide 1. 2,4-D Amine salt 2. 2,4-Dichlorophenoxy Acetic Acid 3. Abamectin* 4. Acephate 5. Acetamiprid 6. Afidopyropen 7. Alachlor 8. Allethrin 9. Alphacypermethrin 10. Alphanaphthyl Acetic Acid 11. Aluminium Phosphide 12. Ametroctradin 13. Ametryn 14. Ampelomyces quisqualis 15. Anilophos 16. Atrazine 17. Aureofungin 18. Azadirachtin (Neem Products) […]

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LIST OF PESTICIDES WHICH ARE BANNED, REFUSED REGISTRATION AND RESTRICTED IN USE: INDIA

December 26, 2018

(As on 30th September, 2018) Source PESTICIDES / FORMULATIONS BANNED IN INDIA   A. Pesticides Banned for manufacture, import and use . 1. Aldicarb    (vide S.O. 682 (E) dated 17th July 2001) 2. Aldrin 3. Benzene Hexachloride 4. Benomyl (vide S.O 3951(E) dated 8th August, 2018) 5. Calcium Cyanide 6. Carbaryl (vide S.O 3951(E) dated […]

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PESTICIDES AND FORMULATIONS REGISTERED FOR USE IN THE COUNTRY UNDER THE INSECTICIDES ACT, 1968

December 26, 2018

Updated on 18.09.2018 Source S. No. Name of the Pesticides Formulation registered No. of formulation 1. 2 ,4-Dichlorophenoxy Acetic Acid (2,4-D Sodium Amine and Ester Salt a) 2, 4-D Sodium Salt used as Tech a.i. 80% w/w min. 1 b) 2,4-D Amine Salt 58% SL 22.5% SL 2 c) 2,4-D Ethyl Ester 38% EC, 4.5%  […]

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How to prevent PLANTS from getting SICK?

September 13, 2018

Have you ever found brown spots hidden inside a leaf? Black spots in a potato? These are diseases caused by fungi or viruses: like any living thing, plants get sick. Their diseases affect the quality of harvested products and yield. For farmers, gardeners or gardeners, one of the solutions to prevent these diseases is to choose naturally resistant varieties. […]

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Mildew – and how to preserve it.

August 11, 2018

What is mildew? When you ask yourself a question like this, the best thing is often to ask Wikipedia : Mildew is the generic name for a series of fungal diseases affecting many plant species, but of epidemic proportions in some economically important crops, such as grapes, tomatoes, potatoes and squash. These diseases are caused by oomycete microorganisms […]

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Exhibition at Fipronil

June 29, 2018

Exhibition of bees Beekeepers began to suspect the role of Fipronil following the use of Regent TS for the coating of sunflower seed from 1998 onwards. It gradually became apparent that Fipronil used to treat seeds entered the plant well. (of the order of 5% of the quantity applied) and that measurable traces could be found there. On the […]

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Fipronil in the wild

June 29, 2018

Beekeepers have been confronted for several years with problems of abnormal mortality of bees. They have been led to suspect the action of insecticides widely used in agriculture. Behavior in plants The manufacturer has since argued that Fipronil is not a systemic insecticide. However, various studies have shown that it can be transported by the sap in the […]

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Toxicity of Fipronil

June 29, 2018

Basic data There are two main types of toxicities for any substance: acute toxicity, which corresponds to the absorption of a massive dose of toxicant in a single dose, or more rarely several doses over a period of 24 hours. maximum, and the chronic toxicity which corresponds to the absorption of low or very low doses of toxic repeated over a period ranging from […]

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Corn Borer and Resistance to Transgenic Maize

June 28, 2018

Transgenic maize crops producing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins  are primarily targeted at a butterfly, the corn borer. These cultures involve monitoring the possible emergence of insects resistant to Bt toxin. The high-dose refuge strategy (HDR), mandatory in the United States and under discussion in Europe, aims to avoid the appearance of this resistance, by promoting genetic mixing in insects. Researchers from […]

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How does Bacillus Thuringiensis kill insects?

June 28, 2018

Discovered in 1911, the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis has been widely used as an insecticide since the 1950s; today it is the leading biological pest control agent for crop pests, particularly the caterpillars of Lepidoptera. In addition, transgenic plants with the toxin gene of this bacterium are the most planted among genetically modified plants. Although this bacterium and the toxin it produces have been studied for many […]

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