What is pest?
A Pest is any organism either of plant or animal harmful to human beings or human concern is especially in agriculture or livestock production.
ie. Rats, Housefly, Mites, Lice, Caterpillar, Gurb, Leech, grasshopper etc.
Define pesticide.
Any substance or mixture of substance used for the purpose of controlling pest is called a pesticide.
Classification of pesticide
Pesticides are often referred and classified, according to the type of pests and their control there are various type of pesticides.
1. Insecticide: The chemical substance or mixture of substance that used to kill and control insect are called insecticides.
Example DDT, chlorobenz, malathion, copper sulphate solution. etc
2. Herbicide: The chemical which are used to kill and control of weeds or undesired plants are called weedicide or herbicide.
Example: 2,4—D , 2,4,5—T
3. Fungicide: The chemical used to kill and control fungi are called fungicide.
Example: Copper sulphate solution , Aluminium phosphide, Bordeux mixture
4. Rodenticide: The chemical which kill and control rodents are rodenticide.
For example: zinc phosphide
