HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
DISEASE AND PEST MANAGEMENT
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Question
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All of the following are problems of overuse of pesticides, EXCEPT:
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Pest resurgence
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Pesticide resistance
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Environmental pollution
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Crop resistance
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Over time many pesticides have gradually lost their effectiveness because pests have developed resistance – a significant decrease in sensitivity to a pesticide, which reduces the field performance of these pesticides.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pesticides have been proven to cause reproductive and developmental effects, cancer, kidney and liver damage, endocrine disruption, etc.
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