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...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1997
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/48736
Description
Summary: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...