Industrial farming in Turkey necessitates the use of herbicides, which Turkish companies produce and market.
Turkey is one of the world's major agricultural exporters, growing over 80 varieties of fruits and vegetables. Grains such as barley, oats, rye, maize, millet and rice are grown and much is exported. Much of Turkey's economy rests on its agriculture.
Herbicides are used throughout the world to control or kill weeds and unwanted plants. Their typical use is in agriculture, but they are also used by homeowners. Turkey both uses and produces herbicides in its vigorous agricultural enterprises.
Common herbicides
Some herbicides that are commonly used in Turkey and throughout the world are, propanil, monilate, thiobencarb, bentazon, bensulfuron, bispyribac sodium, cyhalopob- butyl, and ethoxysulfuron for rice.
Glyphosate, which is produced by a number of manufacturers is used worldwide, and 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, used to control broadleaf weeds, is the most widely used herbicide in the world.
Turkish corporation
Metropol is based in Ankara, Turkey and produces 15 herbicides, fungicides and related products. Its marketing operations are in Istanbul and it supplies herbicides and similar products to both Turkey and a global market.
Bioglobal Ltd. is a Turkey-based company that produces closely related fungicides, as well as insecticides.
Rice
Rice is an important crop in Turkey. Herbicides are used to control several species of weeds. Scientists list Echinochloa spp. (watergrass) as the most significant weed affecting the rice crops of Turkey. Others are Cyperus spp., Scirpus spp, and Alismacea spp.
Issues
The herbicides manufactured for weed control are each designed for a specific weed, or specific group of weeds, and need to be administered at a specific time in the weed's development.
Some of the problems associated with the use of these herbicides are:
1. Farmers do not use the herbicides at the proper stage, or time, in the weed's growth; or they may not use the right herbicide for the right weed. This can result in ineffective weed control, as well as overuse of the herbicide.
2. Environmental impact. Most herbicides have some sort of environmental impact.
Natural strategies:
Halil Surek of the Thrace Agricultural Research Institute, Edirne (Turkey) recommends these strategies in preventive weed control:
Crop or fallow rotation (i.e., letting the field rest for a season)
Appropriate water and fertilizer management.
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