作者: Isaac Ishaaya
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59549-3_1
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摘要: Throughout modern history, man has devised various methods to combat insect pests such as the use of sulfur, chalk, wood ash and plant extracts. Further progress came with introduction botanical compounds pyrethrum, deris, quassia, others. The inventory insecticides used in 19th century includes arsenic, fluorides, soaps, kerosene botanicals nicotine, rotenone, sabadilla quassia (for more details, see Retnakaran et al. 1985; Perry 1998).