Negative Impacts of Pesticide Use of Chemicals
Farmers have been dependent on the use of chemical pesticides to control pests and plant diseases. In addition to the expensive, chemical pesticides have many negative impacts on the environment and human health. Negative impact of the use of chemical pesticides include:
1. Pests become immune (resistant)
2. Explosion of new pests (resurjensi)
3. Accumulation of chemical residues in crops
4. Killing natural enemies
5. Environmental pollution by chemical residue
6. Accidents for users
I wonder how long the farmers use chemical pesticides? So you can imagine yourself as a result of agricultural land in Indonesia.Function of Organic Pesticides
Organic pesticides have several functions, among others:
1. Repelan, which rejected the presence of insects. For example: the smell that stung
2. Antifidan, prevent insect eating plants that have been sprayed.
3. Damaging development egg, larva, and pupa
4. Inhibit insect reproductive females
5. Nerve poison
6. Disrupt the hormone system in the body of insects
7. Atraktan, the presence of insect decoy that can be used to trap insects
8. Controlling the growth of fungus / bacteria
Materials and Processing General How Organic Pesticides
* Raw materials-shaped flour (nimbi, turmeric, etc.)
* Extracts of plants / resins by taking liquid secondary metabolites of certain plant parts
* The plants were burned to ashes taken and used as insecticide (citronella, tembelekan / Lantana camara)
Examples of some plants that can be used as an organic pesticide: |
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As with humans, plants will also experience pain or attacked by pests or diseases, when his physical condition is not good. Due to climate change / weather, or indeed since the beginning of using seeds / seedlings are not good so susceptible, could also from land conditions, and others.
Many of the constraints that influence it. To fix this, of course, can use drugs a lot of choices on the market. Depending on what the plants suffer and our flair and intelligence to be able to restore the plant to be healthy again.
If we want to live a healthy and environmentally friendly choice or option offered is to use "natural ingredients" to expel or banish the natural enemies that attack plants, without having to shut it down, so the cycle ECOSYSTEM still awake. The insecticidal ingredients are NATURAL as follows: Tobacco, kenikir, (an ornamental flower with edible leaves), pandanus, basil, chili, Turmeric, Garlic, Bluebird, Lemongrass and many more that can be used as materials maker natural insecticide. When you view these materials, all in our environment, can easily and cheaply, which would also secure because it is not toxic.
The following table shows the types of plants that can be used as a Natural Insecticides or Pesticides Bio: |
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Engineers from the Lab. Remedial Environmental, Environmental Technology Center, BPPT, Ir. Dominic H. Akhadi say, useful addition to compost tea as a source of nutrients, can also be used as natural pesticides to combat pests, ticks and some plant diseases.
"By using compost tea can be obtained agricultural products are organic in nature, because it is no longer in use artificial pesticides and fertilizers from the factory, so that the results of the farm is safe for humans and the environment because it no longer cause pollution," said Dominic on Anniversary Exhibition Technology BPPT Go -29 in Jakarta, Friday (24 / 8)..
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 Plants are like humans. He can live healthy and fertile, could also hurt due to disease. Many diseases in plants. One of them is a worm. The caterpillar is part of the cause of destroying the plant. How to avoid it?
The presence of the caterpillar and his friends had brought their own concerns for the owners of horticultural crops. This little creature could be vandals spoil the look and health of plants, so that not a few who use poison sprays alternative pesticides to protect crops from pests, diseases, and animals.
Currently, the use of pesticides based chemicals were already widely abandoned because it is well known that the use of chemicals that can harm, especially with excessive doses. Be reduced soil fertility, as well as a liquid chemical pesticides can be absorbed on the surface of leaves or fruit.
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