DENDROLOGY

TREE DISEASES AND PESTS

COMMON TREE PESTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Rat poison is considered to be what means of pest control?
A
Biological means
B
Chemical means
C
Mechanical means
D
Sanitary means
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bromadiolone is a rodenticide meant to kill rats and mice. Anticoagulants like bromadiolone work by preventing the blood from clotting.

Detailed explanation-2: -rodenticide, any substance that is used to kill rats, mice, and other rodent pests. Warfarin, 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate), ANTU (legal label for alpha-naphthylthiourea), and red squill are commonly used rodenticides. These substances kill by preventing normal blood clotting and causing internal hemorrhaging.

Detailed explanation-3: -Brodifacoum | C31H23BrO3-PubChem.

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