HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -India Code: Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914. Long Title: An act to prevent the introduction into India and the transport from one State to another of any insect, fungus or other pest, which is or may be destructive to crops.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plant Quarantine regulatory measures derive legal sanctity from the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914 (Act 2 of 1914). The purpose and intent of this Act is to prevent the introduction of any insect, fungus or pest which is or could be destructive to crops.

Detailed explanation-3: -Until the 1940s, pest control chemicals were derived from plants and inorganic compounds. During World War II, DDT, a synthetic chemical, played an important role saving Allied soldiers from insect-transmitted diseases.

Detailed explanation-4: -The earliest approach was mechanical, from ploughing to picking off insects by hand. Early methods included the use of sulphur compounds, before 2500 BC in Sumeria. In ancient China, insecticides derived from plants were in use by 1200 BC to treat seeds and to fumigate plants.