| Abstract from DBPedia | Insecticides are substances used to kill insects. They include ovicides and larvicides used against insect eggs and larvae, respectively. Insecticides are used in agriculture, medicine, industry and by consumers. Insecticides are claimed to be a major factor behind the increase in the 20th-century's agricultural productivity. Nearly all insecticides have the potential to significantly alter ecosystems; many are toxic to humans and/or animals; some become concentrated as they spread along the food chain. Insecticides can be classified into two major groups: systemic insecticides, which have residual or long term activity; and contact insecticides, which have no residual activity. The mode of action describes how the pesticide kills or inactivates a pest. It provides another way of classifying insecticides. Mode of action can be important in understanding whether an insecticide will be toxic to unrelated species, such as fish, birds and mammals. Insecticides may be repellent or non-repellent. Social insects such as ants cannot detect non-repellents and readily crawl through them. As they return to the nest they take insecticide with them and transfer it to their nestmates. Over time, this eliminates all of the ants including the queen. This is slower than some other methods, but usually completely eradicates the ant colony. Insecticides are distinct from non-insecticidal repellents, which repel but do not kill.殺虫剤（さっちゅうざい、InsecticideまたはPesticide）は、人間や農作物にとって有害な害虫（昆虫を含む動物）を殺す（駆除する）ために使用される薬剤である。広義には殺ダニ剤（Acaricide, Miticide）や殺線虫剤（Nematicide）も含める。殺虫剤には殺卵剤、殺幼虫剤、殺蛹剤、殺成虫剤があり、最も多く使用されるのは、殺幼虫剤と殺成虫剤である。アース製薬では、家庭用の製品について虫ケア用品（むしケアようひん）の呼称を使用している。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Insecticide) |
