What Are Chemosterilants

Any chemical used as a chemosterilant to control pests that are economically harmful or disease-causing (often insects) by rendering one or both sexes temporarily or permanently sterile or delaying the development of the young into sexually mature adults is known as a chemosterilant. 

A chemical substance known as a chemosterilant makes an organism incapable of reproducing. Chemosterilants are particularly helpful in reducing the population of animals that are generally harmful to the economy or are known to spread diseases, such as insects. Chemosterilants can cause sterility that is either transient or permanent. Chemosterilants can be employed to specifically target one or both sexes, and they stop an organism's development toward sexual function. They could be used to sterilize male pests in order to reduce their population. The limits of insecticides directly lead to the necessity for chemosterilants. 

There are two common kinds of chemosterilants:

• Antimetabolites mimic a chemical that the cell or tissue needs, but which the body of the organism misinterprets as a genuine metabolite and attempts to incorporate into its regular metabolic processes. The metabolic process stops because the molecule does not fit perfectly.
• Chromosomes are affected by a class of substances known as alkylating agents. These substances are highly reactive and capable of causing severe cell death, chromosome damage, and the occurrence of mutations.