The Effects of Biopesticide on the Antioxidant Enzyme Activities of Lemna minor

Abstract

It has become inevitable to use pesticides in order to get more efficiency from the unit area in agricultural activities all over the world. Initially, the use of these chemicals was welcomed and later revealed that these compounds had many negative effects on the environment and human health. Pesticides can stay around for years without degradation. Pesticides that are once transmitted to the ecosystem, cause accumulation through the aquatic nutrient chain and this accumulation is increasing in the upper levels of the food chain [1]. The use of pesticides causes serious problems on human health and environment. Pesticides effect the organism by blocking cellular processes and causing changes in the cell. Some pesticides’ residual effect lasts for days, weeks or months. These effects of the pesticides vary according to the chemical properties of the compound, the amount of concentration, temperature, humidity, pH and microorganism activities.