History of Pest Control Flashcards
Farmers used weeds, dust, plucking insects from plants, and burning fields.
3000 BC:
Sumerians used sulfur compounds.
2500 BC:
Chinese used natural enemies of pests.
1200 BC:
: Chinese used botanical insecticides.
1000 BC
: Chinese recognized the relationship between climate and pest outbreaks.
200 AD
Romans used oil and tar products to control pests.
300 AD:
: Egyptians used cats to control pests.
400 AD
lime sulfur and other inorganic chemicals were used for pest control.
1800s,
: DDT introduced dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane
1939
: Organophosphate compounds were used for pest control.
1940s
: Herbicides introduced
1950s
: Selective herbicides introduced.
1960s
: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) was developed.
1970s
: IPM practices were used to protect grape vines from phylloxera.
1980s
: IPM practices were used to protect apple and cherry orchards from codling moth.
1990s
: IPM practices were used to protect strawberries from lygus bugs.
2000s
Lemon oil and wormwood plants were used as insect repellant aside from usual chemicals like sulfur and arsenic
1800s
late 1800s toxic Inorganic compounds were used for particularly problematic pests
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a. Paris green - Colorado Potato Beetle in 1860 b. Bordeaux mix used to protect grape vines from downy mildew
orchards
c. Lead arsenate - pesticide for apple and cherry
d. Creosote (coal tar derivative)
e. Sodium hypochlorite solutions (bleach
synthetic chemical DDT (dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane) was discovered to be an effective contact poison with strong insecticidal properties
1939
(post WWii) 2, 4-D became very popular broadleaf herbicide in U. S. corn and sorghum production 1948 Warfarin (WAR FER-IN) was registered as a rodenticide
late 1940s
-concept of IPM was introduced
1959
Bacillus thuringiensis was introduced to the market for insect control in lettuce and cole crops
1960
publication of the book Silent Spring by
1962, Rachel Carson
the term IPM was formalized
1969
