Kumar Jitendra, Ramlal Ayyagari, Mallick Dharmendra, Mishra Vachaspati
Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (BBC), Life Sciences Park, Electronics City Phase 1, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560100, India.
Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012, India.
Plants (Basel). 2021 Jun 10;10(6):1185. doi: 10.3390/plants10061185.
Biopesticides are natural, biologically occurring compounds that are used to control various agricultural pests infesting plants in forests, gardens, farmlands, etc. There are different types of biopesticides that have been developed from various sources. This paper underscores the utility of biocontrol agents composed of microorganisms including bacteria, cyanobacteria, and microalgae, plant-based compounds, and recently applied RNAi-based technology. These techniques are described and suggestions are made for their application in modern agricultural practices for managing crop yield losses due to pest infestation. Biopesticides have several advantages over their chemical counterparts and are expected to occupy a large share of the market in the coming period.
生物农药是天然的、生物产生的化合物，用于控制侵扰森林、花园、农田等中植物的各种农业害虫。已经从各种来源开发出了不同类型的生物农药。本文强调了由微生物（包括细菌、蓝细菌和微藻）、植物基化合物以及最近应用的基于RNA干扰的技术组成的生物防治剂的效用。对这些技术进行了描述，并就其在现代农业实践中应用以管理因害虫侵扰造成的作物产量损失提出了建议。与化学农药相比，生物农药有几个优点，预计在未来一段时间内将占据很大的市场份额。
