Biopesticides
Subtitle: Use and Delivery (Methods in Biotechnology)
Contributors: Franklin R. Hall (Editor); Julius J. Menn (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: December 28, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780896035157
Subjects: Insecticides & pesticides; Science; Biological pest control agents; Agricultural Biotechnology; Biocontrol Of Pests (Agronomy); Natural pesticides; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Botany; Biotechnology; Agriculture - General; General; Science / Botany; Agricultural pests; Biological control
First sentence: Biopesticides, including microbial pesticides, entomopathogenic nematodes, baculoviruses, plant derived pesticides, and insect pheromones, the latter when used as mating disruption agents, are receiving increased exposure in scientific annals and the lay press, as alternatives to chemical pesticides and as key components of integrated pest management (IPM) system (1,2).