This document discusses different types of pesticides used to control various pests, including insecticides for insects, herbicides for plants, and fungicides for fungal diseases. It also defines pesticide residues as the traces of pesticides that disappear over time through degradation or metabolism. The document concludes by mentioning that pesticide residue determination is done using a spectrophotometer capable of measuring absorbance at 800nm in an absorption cell with a 1cm path length.