Title: Chemical Pest Control Methods | Advantages & Disadvantages
Headings: Pest Control Methods – Chapter 2 – Chemical Pest Control Methods
Pest Control Methods – Chapter 2 – Chemical Pest Control Methods
Table of Contents
Chapter I – Organic Pest Control Methods
Chapter II – Chemical Pest Control Methods
Chapter III – Rodent Control Methods
Chapter IV – Bird Control Methods
Chemical pest control methods
Fungicides
Advantages of Fungicides
List of Natural Fungicides
Insecticides
Synthetic insecticides
Nematicides
Non-fumigant Nematicides
Side Effects of Nematicides
Rodenticides
Are rodenticides dangerous to my pet?
Common Rodenticides
A list of anticoagulants – rodenticides
Advantages and Disadvantages of Chemical Pest Control
Advantages of Chemical Pest Control
Disadvantages of Chemical Pest Control
Impact of Chemical Pesticides on the Environment
Texture of Chemical Pesticides
Granules / pellets
Dusts chemical pesticides
Soluble powders / Wettable powders
Emulsifiable concentrates
Aerosols

Content: Repellent
Non-repellent
Repellent insecticides are more suitable when a pest is targeted for extermination. This way it will bring much of the insecticide to the colony and will wipe it out. Repellents are used in agriculture when people want only to keep the pest away from plants. When extermination is not planned, repellents give great efficiency. The drawback is that repellents should be applied more often, especially if water has been applied over the plants after a rain for instance. Repellents have much quicker effect in terms of crops preservation but don’t deal with the source of the infestation, while non-repellent insecticides kill the insect but such compounds are often more toxic and contaminate both – the soil and the crops often beyond the suggested requirements. Synthetic insecticides
Organophosphates and carbamates
Neonicotinoids
Ryanoids
Organochlorides
Pyrethroids (*should not be mistaken with pyrethrin, which is an organic compound)
Nematicides
Close look of a nematode nematode
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Nematicide is a chemical pesticide which kills nematodes that parasitize on plants.