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Toxicity of Some New Pesticides to Honey Bees and Their Residues in Honey and Pollen

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Title Toxicity of Some New Pesticides to Honey Bees and Their Residues in Honey and Pollen
 
Creator Choudhary, Amit
 
Subject 638.15 Injuries Diseases Pests
 
Description In modern agriculture the use of agrochemicals have become imperative for the protection of plants to enhance and sustain the productivity and yield in order to meet the growing demands for food (Anonymous, 2006). At present, the world pesticide market is around 0.6 billion $, which is highest among other agricultural inputs. Though the per hectare pesticide consumption in India is very low yet the scenario is quite unhealthy, because we are still using and manufacturing a number of hazardous pesticides which are banned elsewhere. Hill farmers use only a small quantity of pesticide compared to other states but the chances of pollution are very high due to fragility of hill ecosystem. Besides this farmers use newly introduced chemicals without knowing their hazards to consumer and safety to non target organisms and environmental pollution they cause. Such injudicious use of plant protection chemicals causes poisoning and other side effects to beneficial insects including honey bees (Kevan and Baker, 1983; Sihag, 1988).
 
Date 2006
 
Type Thesis
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Language en
 
Identifier http://hillagricrepository.co.in/804/1/AMIT%20CHOUDHARY.pdf
Choudhary, Amit (2006) Toxicity of Some New Pesticides to Honey Bees and Their Residues in Honey and Pollen. PhD thesis thesis, CSKHPKV Palampur.