Pesticides - Uses, Disadvantages, and Advantages

This video covers the concept of pesticides along with their uses, disadvantages, and advantages. A brief introduction to the pesticides, its and its types are also given below.

What are Pesticides?

Pesticides are the chemical substances that are used to control, destroy, or prevent pests and weeds. Apart from controlling pests, pesticides also control human/ livestock diseases and controls the organisms that harm human activities and structures.

Classification of Pesticides:

Pesticides can be classified by three categories -

1. Based on the type of pests they kill: Insecticides, Herbicides, Rodenticides, Bactericides, Fungicides, and Larvicides.

2. Based on their Biodegradability: Biodegradable, and Persistent

3. Chemically-related Pesticides: Organophosphate, Carbamate, Organochlorine Insecticides, Pyrethroid, Sulfonylurea Herbicides, and Biopesticides.

To learn more about each of the pesticides in detail along with their advantages and effects, click here- https://byjus.com/chemistry/pesticides/