Insecticide Use Intensifies When Arsenic Proves Effective Against the Boll Weevil
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Scientists, Earth Sciences, Chemistry, Chemists, Farms, Farming, Rural Life
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas
- Date: 1917
Article abstract: Entomologists discovered a technique to poison the cotton boll weevil, reinforcing the widespread use of insecticides and discouraging further support of cultural and biological controls.
Summary of Event
The use of chemical insecticides in the United States intensified during the 1920’s following the discovery of a technique to poison the cotton boll weevil, one of the nation’s worst agricultural pests. Insecticides had become established in the nineteenth century, when exotic pest insects arrived on the steamers of European...
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