as back as in 1972, Wessel, J.R. of New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, USA reported that, on an average, insecticide residues present in various food commodities constituted over 89% of residues of all pesticides combined. This holds good even today as is evident from latest pesticide residue researches on the subject published from different parts of the world, including India. Further, Indian agriculture is predominantly an insecticide oriented ...
