Undesirable Side Effects of Agrochemicals Used to Control Plant Diseases and Weeds

Authors : Fahri Yiğit

Pages : 65-77

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Publication Date : 1998-12-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Control of weeds and diesases is an important element in crop production systems and one which frequently depends on the use of herbicides and fungicides. These are, compounds with high biological activity tend to have some effects on nontarget organisms or physiological processes despite careful selection. Undesirable side effects are common and these include the induction of new diseases or more usually, the exacerbation of diseases already present. Appearance of such diseases may be due to the effect of agrochemicals respectively on the host plant, the pathogen or the ecosystem in which host and pathogens coexit.
Keywords : Herbicid, fungisid, bitki, hastalık, yan etki.