Market Research Report Global pesticides industry analysis,Bio pesticides | Page 2

Herbicides are also known as weed-killers. Selective herbicides are chemical
substances that are used to control unwanted plants during cultivation of a
crop and non-selective herbicides are used to clear waste ground, industrial
and construction sites, railways and railway embankments as they kill all
plants when they come into contact. Historically, common salt and other
metal salts were used as herbicides. With growing years these were banned
due to their long persistence in soil causing soil toxic and groundwater
contamination. Herbicides used are directly connected to the eco-
friendliness, consumers’ health, safety and food supply. Majority of the
industries are investing and encouraging in innovation of green herbicides
caring for the Earth’s limited resources and for the future wellbeing of all life
on Earth. Biologically the cells of leaf veins rapidly divide and elongate, and
cells between veins cease to divide with the application of herbicides
resulting in a narrow, strap-like young leaves.