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Ms. Dare

Created 2 years, 1 month ago by Ms. Dare .

What is it's use (crops)?
Benefit?
Harm?

Six Replies

  • Alyssa O.
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    Diuron • Posted 2 years, 1 month ago. #

    1. What is it's use
    to control a wide variety of annual and perennial broadleaf and grassy weeds, It is used to control weeds and mosses on non-crop areas and among many agricultural crops such as fruit, cotton, sugar cane and legumes. Diuron works by inhibiting photosynthesis

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    3. Harm
    if it is in the soil then it is toxic to plants.

  • Sam H.
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    Carbaryl • Posted 2 years, 1 month ago. #

    1. What is its use?
    It is in insecticide which controls over 100 species of insects on fruit, cotton, forests, lawns, nuts, poultry, pets, and livestock. It works whether it is ingested of the "pest" or absorbed through direct contact.

    2. Benefits:
    Keeps the insects at bay...

    3. Harm:
    There are teratogenic, mutagenic, carcinogenic, and organ toxicity effects. However, many of those risks are listed as "slight". Often times, humans and animals break down carbaryl and excrete it in the urine and feces. The big problem is that carbaryl unintentionally kills many nontarget insects. The honeybee population usually suffers in a sprayed area. Carbaryl is also toxic to marine organisms such as rainbow/lake trout, bluegill, and cutthroat.

  • Alyssa O.
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    diuron continued • Posted 2 years ago. #

    2. Benefits

    It keeps the weeds under control

  • Christine S.
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    Chlorothalonil • Posted 2 years ago. #

    1.Use: Chlorothalonil is a fungicide and is used on peanuts, potatoes, and tomatoes and is also used on golf courses, lawns and is an additive in some paint.
    2.Controls fungi that threaten vegetables, trees, small fruits, turf, ornamentals, and other agricultural crops
    3.Harm: Chlorothalonil’s toxicity to humans includes carcinogenicity, reproductive and developmental toxicity, neurotoxicity and acute toxicity. It is highly toxic to fish, aquatic invertebrates, and marine organisms and slightly toxic to mammals.

  • Julia P.
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    Butachlor • Posted 2 years ago. #

    1.What is it's use?
    Butachlor is a highly effective herbicidal substance widely used by farmers.It is a herbicide used mainly to control weeds in transplanted,
    direct-seeded rice and barley fields.

    2. Benefit:
    Allows more nutrients to get to the plants due to the suppression of weeds.

    3. Harm:
    Dangers for the environment- toxic to aquatic.
    Chemical dangers- can decompose at high temperatures forming toxic
    gases.

  • Katarina M.
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    Mancozeb • Posted 2 years ago. #

    What is it's use (crops)?
    Mancozeb is a synthetic pesticide. It has been in use since 1967 as a fungicide to prevent growth of fungi (molds) and to protect plants and crops against damage caused by fungi.

    Benefit?
    Stops fungi from growing on the plant so that more nutriends can reach the plant and keep it healthy.

    Harm?
    Mancozeb is harmful to wildlife.
    Symptoms of poisoning from this class of chemicals include itching, scratchy throat, sneezing, coughing, inflammation of the nose or throat, and bronchitis.

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