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Applying pesticides
Synonyms:
Treating infestation of pests
Destroying pests with chemicals
Broader:
Destroying pests
Applying chemical technology
Taking immunosuppressive risk
Narrower:
Using fungicides
Using herbicides
Using rodenticides
Using insecticides
Using plants as pesticides
Constrains:
Reducing pollutant residues
Increasing sustainable food production
Constrained by:
Restricting chemical pesticides
Expanding use of environmentally less harmful agrochemicals
Facilitates:
Creating male infertility
Contaminating food chains
Facilitated by:
Marketing pesticides
Manufacturing pesticides
Using synthetic pesticides with care
Studying use of chemicals to control pests
Problems:
Environmental hazards of pesticides
Pesticide damage to crops
Values:
Infestation
Pestiferousness
Subjects:
Action
→
Application
Fundamental Sciences
→
Chemicals
Industry
→
Chemical products
Societal Problems
→
Destruction
Societal Problems
→
Pests
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals: