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How to Control Insect Pests Using Biocontrol Agents (BCAs)? | Agriculture

Everthing you need to learn about controlling insect pests using Biocontrol agents (BCAs). Biological control is defined as the reduction in attack of a crop species by a pathogen achieves using another living organism, or organisms. Biological control covers the use of any organism to control a pathogen. This definition includes host plant resistance as a natural, and highly effective, [...]

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Examples of Successful Bio-Control Agents | Agriculture

BCAs have been used or are being used on a commercial scale to control plant pathogens. There are many more examples, which have shown promise in experimental trials, but have yet to make a significant impact in the market place. 1. Bacillus Thuringiensis: About 100 species of bacteria infect insects. Nearly all the entomapathogenic bacteria are from the class Schizomycetes, [...]

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