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Agriculture · Q608

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 608

Q608

The field rats are controlled by

A.
Zinc oxide
B.
Copper oxide
C.
Zinc phosphide
Answer
D.
Zinc chloride

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The field rats are controlled by Zinc phosphide.
Zinc phosphide has been used widely as a rodenticide. Upon ingestion, it gets converted to phosphine gas in the body, which is subsequently absorbed into the bloodstream through the stomach and the intestines and gets captured by the liver and the lungs.