MONOCROTOPHOS USES AND DISADVANTAGES IMPACT ON SOCIETY

Abstract

Monocrotophos is a member insecticide organophosphorus compound, it is an important insecticide and has a diversified role in agriculture. In India is one of the major players in the agriculture sector worldwide and it is the approx. 55% of India’s population. India has the largest area planted for wheat, rice, and cotton, and is the largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices in the world. It is the second-largest producer of fruit, vegetables, tea, farmed fish, cotton, sugarcane, wheat, rice, cotton, and sugar. The agriculture sector in India holds the record for second-largest agricultural land in the world generating employment for about half of the country’s population. The organophosphorus insecticide Monocrotophos play an important role in agriculture.