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Consistent and injudicious applications of pesticides leads to the development of resistance in insects, destruction of beneficial organisms, and increases in residual problems, thereby posing a threat to human health and its ecological partners in the living biome. The need of the hour is to develop an eco-friendly approach to combat insect pests that should be able to regulate pest populations by exploring naturally occurring products, including extracts of plants and animals, microbes, parasitic nematodes and insects, and certain minerals. This call for viable alternatives has led the scientific community to engage in unveiling the potential of biopesticides. Currently, some strains of Bacillus thuringiensis, nuclear polyhedrosis virus, fungi, and nematode parasites are commercially available. Exploiting the benefits of biopesticides as biocontrol agents appears to be a more promising approach, assuming that issues of phytopathogens and environmental problems caused by synthetic pesticides can be resolved. This chapter emphasizes the experiences and progress made in the potential and promise of biopesticides in the global scenario.
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Rizvi, P.Q., Choudhury, R.A., Ali, A. (2009). Recent Advances in Biopesticides. In: Khan, M., Zaidi, A., Musarrat, J. (eds) Microbial Strategies for Crop Improvement. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01979-1_9
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