Differentiate between insecticides,rodenticides and fungicides. Which of these are pesticides?
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Insecticides are the substances that are used to kill insects such as wine weevils, aphids etc. which destroy the small plants and variety of crops.
Some insecticides are aldrin, chlordane, DDT etc.
Rodenticides are the substances which are poisonous in nature and use to kill rodents which destroy our fields such as rats.
These substances cause internal internal hemorrhaging to kill the rodents.
Some rodenticides are Warfarin, Bromodiolone and Difenaco etc.
Fungicides are the substances which kill the fungus which causes diseases in plants due to which the plant is destroyed. But, some diseases in plants caused by fungi cannot be cured by fungicides. Some fungi that destroy plants are Alternaria solani and Didymella bryoniae etc.
Some examples of fungicides are Mancozeb, maneb,captafol, folpet etc.
rodenticides are chemicals which are used to kill rodents
fungicides are chemicals which are used to kill fungus
all of them come under the category of pesticides