BIOPESTICIDES
Dheeraj Verma*, Vaibhav Bhatt, Dr. Sidhhi Upadhyay and Dr. Umesh Upadhyay
Abstract
Pests a nd co nd it io ns a re res po ns i b le fo r a l most of t he losses re lated
to ag ra r ia n c ro ps, e it he r i n t he f ie ld o r i n sto re ho use. a lso, d ue to
mag p ie use of sy nt het ic f u ng ic ides ove r t he t imes, seve ra l iss ues
have co me o n, s im i la r as pest res ista nce a nd im p u r ity of im po rta nt
ea rt h so u rces, s im i la r as wate r, a i r a nd so i l. t h us, i n o rde r to a me l io
rate effect ive ness of c ro p p rod uct a nd red uce food ext re m ity i n a s
usta i na b le ma n ne r, w h i le co nse rv i ng co ns u me r‘s hea lt h, facto rydeduced
f u ng ic ides may be a g ree n vo l it io n to sy nt het ic bo nes. T
hey're c hea p, b iodeg rada b le, ecof r ie nd ly a nd act by seve ra l mec ha n
is ms of act io n i n a mo re s pec if ic way, s uggest i ng t hat t hey're
lowe r of a haza rd to h u ma ns a nd t he te r ra i n. Nat u ra l facto ry p roducts w it h b ioact iv ity
towa rd i nsects i nc l ude seve ra l c lasses of motes, fo r i l lust rat io n te r pe nes, f lavo no ids, a l ka
lo ids, po ly p he no ls, cya noge n ic g lucos ides, q u i no nes, a m ides, a lde hydes, t h io p he nes, a m i
no ac ids, sacc ha r ides a nd po ly ket ides (w h ic h is n't a n tota l l ist of i nsect ic ida l s u bsta nces).
I n ge ne ra l, t hose co m pos ites have im po rta nt eco log ica l co nd it io n i ng i n nat u re, s im i la r as
a nt ifeeda nt, att racta nt, ne mat ic ide, ge r m ic ide, re pe l le nt, ge r m ic ide, no ne nt ity g rowt h co
nt ro l le r a nd a l le lo pat h ic age nts, act i ng as a p ro m is i ng so u rce fo r new pest co nt ro l age nts
o r b io pest ic ides. st i l l, seve ra l facto rs a p pea r to l i m it t he i r co m me rc ia l izat io n. I n t h is c r
it ica l rev iew, a co m pe nd iu m of facto ry- deduced meta bo l ites, a lo ng w it h t he i r co r res po
nd i ng tox ico logy a nd mec ha n is ms of act io n, w i l l be ap p roac hed, as we l l as t he d iffe re nt
st rateg ies deve lo ped i n o rde r to meet t he needed co m me rc ia l no r ms t h ro ug h mo re effect
ive sty les.
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