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    Radish as Pesticide

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    I. Problem How do Radish extracts affect certain pests? II. Title The Effectiveness of Radish (Raphanus Sativu) Extract as the Main Ingredient for Pesticide. III. Introduction IV. Review of the Related Literature Radishes: A white radish is a member of the radish family native to East Asia‚ where it has been cultivated for centuries. There are a number of ways to use white radish in cooking‚ in Asia recipes and recipes from further afield‚ and this food is often obtainable at big grocery

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    Agriculture

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    means by which more food can be grown than before‚ on the same piece of land. Improved methods of agriculture have led to the production of about 360m tonnes of plant food products and about 88m tonnes of animal food products. OBJECTIVES After completing this lesson‚ you will be able to: • state reasons for human dependence on plants and animals for food; • define and differentiate between agriculture and horticulture; • list and explain the various steps for raising an improved crop; • differentiate

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    Chapter 6 (Earth’s Green Mantle) Core Question/Issue: What impacts does manipulation of life bring? The use of herbicide and the ignorance of man. What are the impacts on the manipulation of life? Introduction:  The author: Rachel Carson  The book: an overview  The chapter # Example from text to illustrate harm of herbicides # The functions of “weeds” # Non-selective herbicides  Controversy and reflections # Opposition # Questions to think about Rachel Louise Carson (1907 – 1964)

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    Pesticide Resistance

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    eInsect attack is a serious agricultural problem leading to yield losses and reduced product quality. Insects can cause damage both in the field and during storage in silos. Each year‚ insects destroy about 25 percent of food crops worldwide. The larvae of Ostrinia nubilalis‚ the European corn borer‚ can destroy up to 20 percent of a maize crop. | European corn borer:A major pest in southern and central Europe. Insect resistant Bt maize is already being grown in Spain‚ France‚ Germany‚ Portugal

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    History of Agriculture

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    Grand Anicut dam on river Kaveri (1st-2nd Century CE) is one of the oldest water-regulation structures in the world still in use.[1] Indian agriculture began by 9000 BCE as a result of early cultivation of plants‚ and domestication of crops and animals.[2] Settled life soon followed with implements and techniques being developed for agriculture.[3][4] Double monsoons led to two harvests being reaped in one year.[5] Indian products soon reached the world via existing trading networks and foreign

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    essay pesticide

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    The use of pesticides in food People don’t know how they endanger them by consuming food that is not organic and is not pesticide free. The Food that is crop with a lot of chemical pesticides have the remains of the chemicals even when they are sold in stores. These can cause a lot of problems for the health and the environment. In 1962 it was published a book about the problem that was using carbonated pesticides especially DDT. In this book‚ was known that when people cropped the food with DDT

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    Thesis: Pesticide and Plant

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    Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction The Philippines is primarily an agricultural country. Most of the citizens that still live in rural areas support themselves through agriculture. One of the four sub-sectors of agriculture is farming. Farming is one of the common forms of livelihood in the county. The rate of the crops produced here in the country shrank as of 1999 according to the Encyclopedia of Nations. One of the main reasons is the industrialization of farms. The farmers

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    Agriculture

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    Department of Distance Education‚ Punjabi University‚ Patiala (Punjab)‚ India. E-mail: Abstract: A progressive agriculture serves as a powerful engine of economic growth of any country. It helps in initiating and sustaining the development of other sectors of the economy. In view of this‚ after independence the Government of India adopted a positive approach and specific programmes like new agriculture technology were introduced. Indian farmers being poor were not in a position to buy these expensive inputs

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    Environmental effects of pesticides Use of pesticides can have unintended effects on the environment. Over 98% of sprayed insecticides and 95% of herbicides reach a destination other than their target species‚ including nontarget species‚ air‚ water‚ bottom sediments‚ and food.[1] Pesticide contaminates land and water when it escapes from production sites and storage tanks‚ when it runs off from fields‚ when it is discarded‚ when it is sprayed aerially‚ and when it is sprayed into water to

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    which means the increasing demand of pesticides increases as well. The word it self ends in -cide‚ which means its meaning is bound to kill something. When there is high increase of population it means there has to be more food produced‚ this leads to high chances of spreading diseases. For a healthy population‚ pesticides must be added to crops in order to create efficiency and protect people from diseases transmitted by insects. Many people see pesticides as helpful thing to our food‚ in some

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