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About 3 billion tons of pesticides are applied each year in the world. However, despite this large amount of pesticide applied worldwide, pests, insects, weeds and plant pathogens destroy about 40° of all crops.
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Pimentel, D. (2009). Pesticides and Pest Control. In: Peshin, R., Dhawan, A.K. (eds) Integrated Pest Management: Innovation-Development Process. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8992-3_3
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