Microbials must be stored correctly to remain viable.
Microbial insecticides are safe and effective products for insect control.
Commercial products are formulated from insect pathogens, or their byproducts. When you apply them to turfgrass to control insects, your real goal is to cause the pests to contract the fatal disease caused by the pathogen. There is great diversity among the pathogens that make up these products, and so there are also great differences in their handling and application requirements. In general, it takes a well-informed user to incorporate microbial insecticides into an IPM program successfully. The first three are used in commercially available products.