BIOPESTICIDES Pest Management and Regulation

• Main Authors: Bailey, Alastair (Author), Chandler, David (Author), Grant, Why P. (Author), Greaves, Justin (Author), Prince, Gillian (Author), Tatchell, Mark (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK Cambridge, MA CABI 2010
• Subjects: Natural pesticides > Economic aspects; Natural pesticides > Government policy
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• Physical Description: v, 232 pages illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781845935597

Greater use of biological control utilizing natural predation, parasitism or other natural mechanisms, is an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical pesticides, which are becoming less readily available due to increasing resistance problems and the prohibition of some substances. This book addresses the challenges of insufficient information and imperfectly understood regulatory processes involved in biological alternatives through an interdisciplinary approach providing an internationally comparative analysis on the registration of biopesticides and the best way forward. An essential read for researchers, students and professionals in political and biological sciences.