Third-Generation Pesticides

✍ Scribed by Williams, Carroll M.

• Book ID: 109990034
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• Year: 1967
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 507 KB
• Volume: 217
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0036-8733
• DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0767-13

✦ Synopsis

The first generation lS exemplified by arsenate of lead; the second, by DDT. Now insect hormones promise to provide insecticides that are not only more specific but also proof against the evolution of resistance