The History of Pesticide Use

By jplotner
  • Sep 29, 1300

    Marco Polo

    Marco Polo writes about use of mineral oils to fight off mange in camels.

  • Tobacco

    Tobacco extracts were used as contact insecticides.

  • Airplanes First Used

    Airplanes were first used as a way of applying the insecticides on the crops.

  • DDT

    DDT was discovered to be insecticidal in Switzerland.

  • Modern Advances in Agricultural Technology

    Introduction of low use rate Group 2 ALS/AHAS inhibitor class of chemistry.

  • Chinese Use Arsenic

    The Chinese were reported to have used arsenic to control garden insects.
  • Period: to

    History of Pesticide Use