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This chapter deals with the chemicals used in agriculture mainly to protect, preserve, and improve crop yields. The term “agrochemical” is used broadly. Much agrochemical research and some advanced development is directed toward the introduction of genes that may provide disease, insect, or viral resistance into plants or other organisms. Further progress is being made in improving the protein, fat, or carbohydrate composition of the plant itself. Microorganisms are being propagated and currently marketed that are insecticidal (e.g., Bacillus thuringiensis) fungi that are herbicidal, bacteria that are fungicidal, nematodes that are widely biocidal, and so on, are all products or candidate products for use in agriculture.
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- Cholinesterase Inhibitor
- Genetically Modify Organ
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- Insect Growth Regulator
- Kresoxim Methyl
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Malte, A.M., Lilani, A.T. (2007). The Agrochemical Industry. In: Kent, J.A. (eds) Kent and Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-27843-8_17
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