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Tim Damico
December 14, 2016
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Q. I don’t know much about biopesticides in general. Why should I know more?
A. The use of biopesticides with their complex modes of action in your pest management program can make your program more effective, more flexible and more sustainable.
Biopesticides work and can improve your yields and crop quality
Biopesticides are pest resistance fighters
They replace obsolete or banned products
Most have no residues helping you manage MRLs and giving you export flexibility
Biopesticides provide a high level of worker safety
They have minimal impact on non-target organisms
They offer environmental stewardship benefits, e.g. managing buffer zones
Biopesticides can be used in organic production
As I mentioned, biopesticides have complex modes of action that you can to put to work in your orchards and fields, such as:
Systemic Acquired Resistance
Insect growth regulation
Plant growth regulation
Repellancy
Competitive exclusion
Biopesticides today represent all types of pesticides:
Insecticides
Fungicides
Herbicides
IGRs
Nematicides
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