title: Prospects for developing and improving a chemical method of pest control in the next 10 to 15 years.
abstract: The assortment of chemical substances for pest control which exists in the world or is planned by us, and the reserves which exist in scientific research make it possible to assert that: 1) It is possible to produce an assortment of pesticides that is practically harmless for man and useful animals; 2) it is possible to eliminate the accumulation of pesticides and their residue in the environment, in food products, and in food chains; 3) it is possible to produce highly selective pesticides which will not damage useful inhabitants of the biosphere, particularly useful arthropods and soil microorganisms; 4) it is possible with the proper technical approaches, especially with proper alternation of pesticides, to avoid the development of resistant strains of pests. This requires continuation of intensive scientific and technical investigations both of the pesticides themselves and in producing integrated systems with the use of an entire complex of means and methods for protecting the harvest, and improving the technical means of application.
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D010573:Pesticide Residues; D010575:Pesticides; D013997:Time Factors; D014586:USSR
chemical_list: D010573:Pesticide Residues; D010575:Pesticides