It’s convenient and lucrative to use toxic patented pesticides and herbicides but there are definitely working alternatives which one could even mix themselves.

It’s convenient and lucrative to use toxic patented pesticides and herbicides but there are definitely working alternatives which one could even mix themselves. Obviously the industry has no interest in cheap and available solutions. For a small example I questioned myself if DMSO a organic solvent would be useful to transport active ingredients into the plant and quickly found that just DMSO has a desired effect on plants, roots and seedlings.[1] Following the study adding H2O2 to DMSO should even increase the effect. Furthermore other ingredients can be added which impact the biochemistry of the plant. The point which I want to make is that many effective chemicals have been discovered long ago but are not in the interest of the industry because the patents expired already. 1. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13762-015-0899-6 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13762-015-0899-6