Agrochemicals or agrichemicals, is a common name given to chemicals which are used in agriculture, to aid plants and crops growth and safety. Agrochemicals were manufactured to protect agriculture crops from pests and for augmenting crop yields. It is a costly input for agriculture.
Agrochemicals classifications:
In most of the cases agrochemicals refers to pesticides which includes insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides, molluscocides and nematicides. Agrochemical also includes fertilisers and soil conditioners
- Pesticides:
A Pesticide is a chemical or a substance used to destroy or control some types of plants or organisms also known as pests, which are harmful to cultivated plants or to animals. Pesticides mostly work through poisoning pests.
- Insecticides: it is used to destroy insects. Insecticides can be ovicides that kills eggs, larvicides to kill larvae. Pesticides examples: Organochlorines, organophosphates, carbamates and pyrethroids.
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