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Pest Control in Agriculture
Pest Control in Agriculture
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To clothe and feed this vastly increased population, a high level of agricultural production must be maintained. While America is presently blessed, or, as some say, plagued, by overproduction, with populations increasing and the area of farm land decreasing, it is only a matter of a few years until agricultural scientists and farmers will have to make ever-increasing use of agricultural technology, including even greater efficiency in pest control, to meet the nation's food and fiber requirements.
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In the light of these facts the Food Protection Committee has repeatedly said: "Plant and animal pests rank among the foremost causes of food destruction, food deterioration, and food contamination. Hence, the absolute necessity of protecting growing crops and products from serious attack by insects, plant diseases, and other pests is recognized as essential from the standpoint of both quantity and quality of the food produced.
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If the use of chemical pesticides were to be prohibited or abandoned, it is safe to say most fruits and vegetables would totally disappear from the market or the price of the meager quantities produced would be prohibitive. We know from valid studies conducted over the years that apples produced without pesticides will be 40 to 80 per cent damaged by codling moth and 60 to 80 per cent damaged by apple scab, plus an equal or even greater degree of damage caused by other insects or diseases.
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With the advent of DDT for agricultural use in 1945 and the large array of cholorinated hydrocarbon and organophosphate insecticides that followed in quick succession, a number of individuals, including some distinguished scientists expressed concern lest the widespread use of these materials might create a public health problem. This aspect of the problem was reviewed by several scientific bodies, notably the World Health Organization, the U
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Pesticide dosage rates are relatively low, and residue dissipation is often so rapid as to necessitate frequent retreatment in order to hold even highly susceptible pests in check. Thus, despite the use of billions of pounds of pesticides on millions of acres of cropland, damage to wildlife attributable to these treatments has been relatively insignificant and in the vast majority of cases undetectable.
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