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Insights into the ecotoxicological effects associated with imidacloprid: A Review
Stephy Rose K.V, Niladri Sekhar Chatterjee, Suseela Mathew, Anandan Rangasamy
Year : 2023 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 51-61
Received on: 24/10/2023
Revised on: 29/10/2023
Accepted on: 20/10/2023
Published on: 31/12/2023
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Stephy Rose K.V, Niladri Sekhar Chatterjee, Suseela Mathew, Anandan Rangasamy( 2023).
Insights into the ecotoxicological effects associated with imidacloprid: A Review
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 8( 6), 51-61.
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Abstract
Imidacloprid is a neonicotinoid insecticide contently used in agricultural fields with excellent systemic and contact activity, used in the largest volume worldwide against sucking pests of Diptera, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera in chilly, cotton, grapes, groundnut, okra, paddy, sugarcane, sunflower and tomato. It functions as an agonist at the acetylcholine receptors of the pest, affecting invertebrate movements, leading to palsy and mortality. It has an approbative toxicity profile, due to its poor penetration of the blood–brain barrier in vertebrates. Moreover, it does not exhibit any mutagenic, carcinogenic, teratogenic or immunotoxic properties. Besides these boons of imidacloprid, several studies reported the high leaching potential and persistence of imidacloprid in the ecosystem, creating threat to non-targeted organisms by altering their biochemical and reproductive processes.
Keywords
Imidacloprid, Properties, Environmental fate, Toxicity.
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