Research and Development of Biopesticides: Challenges and Prospects
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Date
2019
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Outlooks on Pest Management
Abstract
Even though pesticides have greatly contributed to boosting
agricultural productivity and farmer income over the years,
there have been concerns about the safety of some of these
pest control products. Besides, there has been a growing
demand for good quality and safe food in the recent past – as
reflected in the stringent regulations on pesticide residue levels
in produce (Damalas & Koutrobas, 2018). Biopesticides in
comparison with conventional synthetic chemical pesticides
are usually less toxic, generally affect only the target pest
and closely related organisms, are often effective in relatively
small quantities and decompose faster, resulting in lower
exposure. Consequently, over the last few years, biopesticides
have attracted global attention as a safer pest control strategy
(Arora et al., 2016) for incorporation into Integrated Pest
Management (IPM) programmes. Besides, in the last decade,
adoption of IPM programmes has significantly enhanced pest
management practices and, in some cases, reduced pesticide
use, consequently reducing the rise in demand for synthetic
chemical pesticides.
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Keywords
Biopesticides, Commercialisation, Regulation, Formulation, Nanotechnology, Microbials, Botanicals
Citation
Ndolo, D., Njuguna, E., Adetunji, C. O., Harbor, C., Rowe, A., Den Breeyen, A., ... & Hospet, R. (2019). Research and development of biopesticides: challenges and prospects. Outlooks on Pest Management, 30(6), 267-276. DOI: 10.1564/v30_dec_08