Pesticides are employed extensively as an essential technological tool all over the world in agriculture and horticulture not only to control pests, but also to increase crop yield and to improve human nutrition and economy. However, a host of unfavorable environmental adverse effects of life forms and human health have been reported (Johnson, 1968; Goodman et al., 1992). Pesticides adverse effects might cause direct or indirect effects on life forms depending on toxicant grade, toxicant concentration, species sensitivity, age, sex, size, duration of exposure, temperature, ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History
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