2. Agriculture is important sector where various pests can significantly
affect the quantity and quality of products.
Pesticides help farmers grow more food on less land by
protecting crops from pests, diseases and weeds as well as raising
productivity
Chemical Pesticides can contaminate soil, water, turf, and other
vegetation.
3. Introduction
● Biopesticide is a formulation made form naturally
occuring substances that controls pests by no toxic
mechanisms and in ecofriendly manner.
● Biopesticides may be derived from:
○ Animals
○ Microorganism
○ Natural enemies
○ Plant materials
4. Introduction
● Bio means involving life or living organisms.
● Pesticide includes substances or mixture of
substances intended for preventing, destroying or
controlling any pest.
● Biopesticide refers introduction of any living
organism such as microorganism including
bacteria, fungi, nematodes, viruses, protozoa and
parasitoids, predators and plants that controls
pests by biological non-toxic means.
7. Needs for Biopesticide
● Proper pest management is important factor for
healthy and high yeilding crop to fulfil l the food
demand for increasing population.
● Chemical Pesticides have accelerated land, air and
water contamination.
● They have been the main cause of insect resistance
as well as adverse impacts on natural enemies and
humans.
8. Characteristics of Biopesticides
Provide protection
01
Do not cause toxicity
02
Environmentally safe
03
Easy to manufacture
04
Easy to apply to the target site
05
9. Types of Pesticides
Chemical, organism, facility or activity that kills pest organisms.
Insecticides
Herbicides
Fungicides
Bactericides
Rodenticides
