Abstract
The term pesticide is an all-inclusive word meaning killer of pests (the ending “cide” comes from the Latin “cida”, meaning killer). Pesticides are legally classed as economic poisons and are defined as any substance used for controlling, preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. According to this classification, many chemicals such as attractants, repellents, chemosterilants, hormonal agents, etc., are also designated as pesticides, although from a toxicological viewpoint they may not be directly involved in killing the pest (Table 2.1). Recently, terms like agrochemicals or bioregulators have been proposed to describe pesticides. The main classes of pesticides are shown in Table 2.2.
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Perry, A.S., Yamamoto, I., Ishaaya, I., Perry, R. (1998). Function and Classification. In: Insecticides in Agriculture and Environment. Applied Agriculture. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03656-3_2
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