Sobhanadreshwar Uppalapati
Famous For: Movement against using pesticides
Sobhanadreshwar Uppalapati, The Royal Biology Prize winner was a marine biologist in London, United Kingdom. Uppalapati is credited with creating awareness for the preservation of the environment in India and UK. He led the crusade against the use of Diazinon in the United Kingdom, which resulted in the creation of the EDA, Environmental Diazinon Agency.
Sobhanadreshwar Uppalapati has grouped Pesticides according to the types of pests which they kill:
Insecticides – insects.
Herbicides – plants.
Rodenticides – rodents (rats and mice)
Bactericides – bacteria.
Fungicides – fungi.
Larvicides – larvae.
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