Management of Thrips in French Bean by Integrating Biological and Synthetic Pesticides in Conventional Spray Regimes

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Ouma ◽  
James Muthomi ◽  
John Nderitu ◽  
Faith Toroitich
Keyword(s):  
French Bean ◽  
Synthetic Pesticides ◽  
Spray Regimes

Medically Important Vector Borne Disease Control-Botanical Plant Extract Trials

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 513
Author(s):  
Rakhshan .
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Vector Borne Disease ◽  
Development Of Resistance ◽  
Vector Borne ◽  
Synthetic Pesticides ◽  
High Level ◽  
Continuous Use ◽  
Chemical Pesticides

Mosquitoes are vectors of many pathogens which causes serious human diseases like Malaria, Filariasis, Japanese encephalitis, Dengue fever, Chikungunya, Yellow fever and Zika virus which constitute a major public health problem globally. Mosquito borne diseases cause high level of economic impact all over the world and result in millions of death every year. They infect around 700,000,000 people annually worldwide and 40,000,000 only in India. The continuous use of synthetic pesticides to control vector mosquitoes has caused physiological resistance, toxic effect on human health, environmental pollution and addition to these, its adverse effects can be observed on non-target organisms. Synthetic chemical pesticides have been proved to be effective, but overall in last 5 decades indiscriminate use of synthetic pesticides against vector borne disease control have originated several ecological issues due to their residual accumulation and development of resistance in target vectors and their chronic effects.

Field Evaluation of Bio and Synthetic Pesticides Against Jassid (Amrasca Devastans Dist.) on Okra

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (004) ◽  
pp. 715--720
Author(s):  
M. IQBAL ◽  
M. R. KHAN ◽  
Z. A. PALH ◽  
M. R. KHAN ◽  
J. AHMED ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Evaluation ◽  
Synthetic Pesticides

Integrated Pest Management — How to do It?

1996 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuben Ausher
Keyword(s):  
Pest Management ◽  
Chemical Control ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Crop Protection ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Modern Agriculture ◽  
The World ◽  
Synthetic Pesticides ◽  
Control Failures ◽  
Intensive Control

Protection of crop and ornamental plants from noxious organisms — insects, nematodes, mites, pathogens and weeds — is indispensable to modern agriculture. Despite intensive control efforts, about 50% of the world's crops are lost to these organisms, at an estimated annual cost of about 400 billion dollars. Ever since the advent of synthetic pesticides in the 1940s, modern crop protection has been largely based on chemical control. Pesticide expenditures are about 20% of total farming input costs, although this figure varies substantially according to crop and region. Mounting environmental concerns and pest control failures have made It increasingly clear that the use of toxic pesticides In agriculture should be drastically reduced all over the world.

scholarly journals Microbial Toxins in Insect and Nematode Pest Biocontrol

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (14) ◽  
pp. 7657
Author(s):  
Subbaiah Chalivendra
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Biocidal Activity ◽  
Transgenic Expression ◽  
Direct Injury ◽  
Pathogenic Microbes ◽  
Synthetic Pesticides ◽  
Invertebrate Pests ◽  
Livestock Diseases ◽  
Microbial Toxins

Invertebrate pests, such as insects and nematodes, not only cause or transmit human and livestock diseases but also impose serious crop losses by direct injury as well as vectoring pathogenic microbes. The damage is global but greater in developing countries, where human health and food security are more at risk. Although synthetic pesticides have been in use, biological control measures offer advantages via their biodegradability, environmental safety and precise targeting. This is amply demonstrated by the successful and widespread use of Bacillusthuringiensis to control mosquitos and many plant pests, the latter by the transgenic expression of insecticidal proteins from B. thuringiensis in crop plants. Here, I discuss the prospects of using bacterial and fungal toxins for pest control, including the molecular basis of their biocidal activity.

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