Use of Biopesticide

1. Scope of Biological Control
Successful and integrated control method
worldwide
The partially exploited field has several
dimension of future scope

2. 1. Promoting Basic Research:
2. Scope to Exploit the Bioagent on Crop Pest:
3. Help to Reduce Pollution Hazards:
4. Necessity to Intensify of New Horizons of
Biological Control:
5. Adoption of Biological Control Methods in
Agro Industries:

3. 1. Promoting Basic Research:
There is lot of scope to intensify the
studies which can improve and
synergize the biological control. Basic
research areas in the field of biology,
ecology, biosystematics, behavior,
biochemistry, population dynamics etc.
have great contributing value to
biological suppression which needs to be
studied. This would help in the
application of IPM strategies of the pest.

4. 2. Scope to Exploit the Bio-agent on Crop
Pest:
About 98% of the insects pests are
regulated naturally through natural
enemies.
However, it is reported that only 5% of
the world insect pest species have ever
been the subject of entomophage
introduction.
It is estimated that 70% of parasitic
hymenoptera are still undescribed
species.

5. 3. Help to Reduce Pollution Hazards:
Although insecticides has more
economic benefit.
However utilization of bio-agent can
help in establishment of population
regulation process of serious pests
by reducing the load of toxic
insecticides and their side effects.

6. 4. Necessity to Intensify of New Horizons of Biological
Control:
Importation and use of parasitoids and predators
is popular concept of biological control, which
gave good success in several cases.
Similarly new trends such as use of biotypes,
strains, hybrids of parasites, use of novel
biopesticides like entomogenous fungi, viruses are
to be search properly and its harmonious use in
pest suppression needs to be exploited.

7. 5. Adoption of Biological Control Methods in
Agro Industries:
Although use of bio-agent has many benefits but
there is need to adjust with other methods like
chemical control of pest.
The pesticides should be less toxic to natural
enemies and needs to be identified and employed
in pest control suppression.
For example, Endosulfan safe to many predators
and social insects. Biological control helps in
maintaining ‘Balance of Nature’ as it is the phase
of natural control.