B.Sc.

Physical Science
SEMESTER – VI
SSE 374:Pesticide Chemistry
-Prof.N.V.S.Venugopal,Dept of Chemistry,GIS
 SSE374:Pesticide Chemistry
Syllabus

• Credits: 2 Continuous evaluation: 100

• General introduction to pesticides (natural and synthetic),
benefits and adverse effects, changing concepts of
pesticides, structure activity relationship, synthesis and
technical manufacture and uses of representative
pesticides in the following classes:
• Organochlorines (DDT, Gammexene,);
• Organophosphates (Malathion, Parathion );
• Carbamates (Carbofuran and carbaryl);
• Quinones ( Chloranil), Anilides (Alachlor and Butachlor)
 Continuous Evaluation
 Mid-1 : 30M
 Mid-2 : 30M
 Activity : 20M
 Attendance : 10 M
 Quiz/Assignment : 10M
Contact hours
Every Wednesday and Friday 5pm-5.50pm
 What is Pesticide
• According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
the government body that regulates pesticides in the
U.S., a pesticide is any substance or mixture of
substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling
or mitigating any pest.
• Though often misunderstood to refer only to insecticides,
the term pesticide also applies to herbicides, fungicides,
and various other substances used to control pests.
• Pesticides also include plant regulators, defoliants and
desiccants.
How pesticide is made
Benefits of pesticides