Natural pesticides: a cautionary tale

Pesticides have their dangers but so too do natural biocontrol agents if they are used without care. Bacillus thuringiensis is a soil bacterium with enormous potential to control insect pests in a large variety of crops. With the toxins they...

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Autor principal: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Formato: News Item
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1997
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/48736
Descripción
Sumario:Pesticides have their dangers but so too do natural biocontrol agents if they are used without care. Bacillus thuringiensis is a soil bacterium with enormous potential to control insect pests in a large variety of crops. With the toxins they...