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Resource Book on Horticulture Nursery Management

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Microorganism Target pest/disease<br />

Weed c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides,<br />

Fungi/ Bacteria<br />

Ch<strong>on</strong>drostereum purpureum, Cylindrobasidium<br />

leave Xanthom<strong>on</strong>a campestris pv. poannua<br />

Crysopa carnea: Bio-c<strong>on</strong>trol Agent Lady Bird Beetle: Bio-c<strong>on</strong>trol Agent<br />

Trichogramma Wasp: Bio-c<strong>on</strong>trol Agent<br />

Advantages of Biopesticides:<br />

� Biological c<strong>on</strong>trol methods can be used as part of an overall integrated pest<br />

management (IPM) program to reduce the legal, envir<strong>on</strong>mental, and public safety<br />

hazards of chemicals.<br />

� It may be a more ec<strong>on</strong>omical alternative to some insecticides.<br />

� Some biological c<strong>on</strong>trols are often very specific for a particular pest. Other helpful<br />

insects, animals, or people can go completely unaffected by their use.<br />

� There is less danger of impact <strong>on</strong> the envir<strong>on</strong>ment and water quality.<br />

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