Nanopesticide

Conventional
Pesticide
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 Conventional Pesticide
⊷ Widely used in agriculture to kill and
removed pests
⊷ Prevents from weeds that could affect
the crops growth

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 Conventional Pesticide

⊷ Environmental contamination

⊷ Bioaccumulation

⊷ Increase in pest resistance

⊷ High cost
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 90%
of applied pesticide is wasted

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 Nanopesticide
⊷ high efficacy and safety
⊷ degrades faster in the soil
but slowly in plants
⊷ reduces the environmental
footprint

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 “ Nanopesticides reduces
use while increasing
productivity

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