Herbicides, commonly known as weed killers, are the most used class of pesticides worldwide, with uses in agriculture, homes, and industry. Exposures to two of the most popular herbicides were associated with worse brain function among adolescents, according to a study led by researchers at the ...
In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic.” Recent studies suggest potential links, with a 2023 study in Leukemia and Lymphoma finding an increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma because of exposure to certain herbicides like glyphosate. A...
For more than forty years synthetic compounds possessing auxin activity have been among the most successful herbicides used in agriculture. However, in spite of extensive research a consensus on the biochemical basis of their phytotoxicity has yet to emerge. Comparing the effects of several ...
Many herbicides for crabgrass aren’t that effective. Avoid using chemical herbicides in vegetable gardens because of the variety of crops grown and planted there. In gardens, you can easily control crabgrass by mulching, hoeing, and hand pulling when the plants are young and before they set see...
That may sound pretty dangerous, until you stop to consider that unlike, say, chemical insecticides and herbicides, the toxin in the Bt corn is engineered to work on specific ravenous insects, and doesn't affect other species, including humans. A recent Scientific American article that summarized...
much of it financed by public funds (Robson, 1997). In this way the CAP incentivised the intensive use of farm chemicals (e.g. fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides) and machinery, and so increased the yields of all supported commodities. Originally these were cereals, milk andlivestock, but...
She stated,Based on the value chain, we have different stages of the seed production and in those stages, there are different opportunities. Men are mostly owners of the farms, so they are the decision makers. They prepare the fields with tractors or cow ploughs, spray herbicides for weed ...
As cover crop, be- sides enriching the soil with nitrogen, it prevents the growth of other plants that compete for soil nutrients, re- ducing the use of herbicides [9, 10]. The enormous de- pendence of proteins of vegetable origin for animal feed and the interest in the European Union...
Given the increasing emphasis on sustainable agriculture, and concerns about the adverse effects of extensive use of farm chemicals, research attention is now being focused on reducing the dependence upon synthetic herbicides, and finding alternative strategies for weed management. Allelopathic properties of...
This supports the notion that new herbicides, insecticides and antimicrobials may be developed from natural products [5]. Weeds consumed by the animals as green grass or mixed with dry grasses also caused harmful effects on health of the animals [6]. The term allelopathy refers to any process...