Biotechnology Plays a Significant Role to Control
Insect Pests of Agricultural Crops
Volume 2 - Issue 3
Umar Niaz* and Burhan Ahmad
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- Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Pakistan
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Umar Niaz, Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Received: November 27, 2018; Published: November 30, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/LOJMS.2018.02.000136
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Abstract
Today insect pests have been one of most important problem
in food production. Previous research have been proved that 1/3
of agricultural production of world, prized at several billion dollars
is ruined by damaging of field and storage insect pests every
year. Various toxic, broad-spectrum and synthetic chemicals are
used to control pests. Natural ecosystem, human health and our
environment can be affected due to excessive use of these harmful
chemicals. So now biologically based approaches are developing
to control insect pest instead of toxic and synthetic chemicals
which are ecofriendly, cost-effective and useful and reliable. There
are different types of bio pesticides such as arthropods natural
enemies (predators, parasitoids, and parasites), entomopathogens
(bacteria, fungi, virus and nematodes), insect hormones and plant
derived bio pesticides.
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