Pesticide toxicity and avifauna of Punjab
Use of pesticides, in modern agriculture has increased tremendously. Pesticides affect the human, environment and wildlife including birds. Three main groups of chemical synthetic pesticides are organochlorine, organophosphate and carbamate. Because of persistent nature, organochlorine are no longer...
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ftmyresearchjour:oai:ojs.myresearchjournals.com:article/5613 2023-05-15T17:55:11+02:00 Pesticide toxicity and avifauna of Punjab KAUR, SIMRANJIT KHERA, KULDEEP SINGH 2015-09-15 appilication/pdf http://myresearchjournals.com/index.php/AJAS/article/view/5613 eng eng HIND INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY http://myresearchjournals.com/index.php/AJAS/article/view/5613/5169 The Asian Journal of Animal Science; Vol 10, No 1 (2015) 0976-8963 0973-4791 Birds Organochlorines Acute and sub lethal effects info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2015 ftmyresearchjour 2017-02-01T12:56:31Z Use of pesticides, in modern agriculture has increased tremendously. Pesticides affect the human, environment and wildlife including birds. Three main groups of chemical synthetic pesticides are organochlorine, organophosphate and carbamate. Because of persistent nature, organochlorine are no longer in use in several countries. But some of them like aldrin, dieldrin, lindane and endosulfan are still in use in developing countries. They cause widespread population decline of raptorial birds like the peregrine falcon, the sparrow hawk and bald eagle. The well known effect of DDT in eggshell thinning of the peregrine falcon is caused by its highly persistent metabolite DDE [1,1, bis-4-chlorphenyl]-2,2 dichlorethylene]. Organophosphate and carbamate insecticides do not bioaccumulate in the food chains and are less persistent. They have replaced the more persistent organochlorines. This communication elaborates the effect of synthetic chemical pesticides on birds along with a note on policy framework on use of pesticides. Article in Journal/Newspaper peregrine falcon MRJ - MyResearchJournals (MRI Publications Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
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Use of pesticides, in modern agriculture has increased tremendously. Pesticides affect the human, environment and wildlife including birds. Three main groups of chemical synthetic pesticides are organochlorine, organophosphate and carbamate. Because of persistent nature, organochlorine are no longer in use in several countries. But some of them like aldrin, dieldrin, lindane and endosulfan are still in use in developing countries. They cause widespread population decline of raptorial birds like the peregrine falcon, the sparrow hawk and bald eagle. The well known effect of DDT in eggshell thinning of the peregrine falcon is caused by its highly persistent metabolite DDE [1,1, bis-4-chlorphenyl]-2,2 dichlorethylene]. Organophosphate and carbamate insecticides do not bioaccumulate in the food chains and are less persistent. They have replaced the more persistent organochlorines. This communication elaborates the effect of synthetic chemical pesticides on birds along with a note on policy framework on use of pesticides. |
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KAUR, SIMRANJIT KHERA, KULDEEP SINGH |
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Pesticide toxicity and avifauna of Punjab |
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Pesticide toxicity and avifauna of Punjab |
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Pesticide toxicity and avifauna of Punjab |
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Pesticide toxicity and avifauna of Punjab |
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Pesticide toxicity and avifauna of Punjab |
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HIND INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY |
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