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- n. Any naturally-occurring (rather than synthetic) pesticide
Examples
“The EPA characterizes DEET and picaridin as conventional repellents, while oil of lemon eucalyptus is a "biopesticide repellent," meaning it is created from natural materials like plants.”
USA Today: Itching to stop mosquitoes? Zoom in on the options
“At the end of 2001, there were approximately 195 registered biopesticide active ingredients and 780 products.”
“If Bt becomes ineffective as an implanted pest control strategy within one insect generation, then organic farmers will be robbed of a valuable biopesticide.”
Opportunities and risks of genetically modified crops in Africa
“The soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, from which endotoxin (Bt) genes are extracted and widely incorporated into GM crops as biopesticide, is a close relative of the anthrax bacterium, Bacillus anthracis, and exchanges genes with it.”
Opportunities and risks of genetically modified crops in Africa
“Our goal is to attain industrial level production of these biopesticide products.”
“A biopesticide known as BTK will be sprayed from low-flying aircraft to kill the caterpillars before they can do much damage.”
“He was then appointed Project Director for MIT's acquired rights to a new product-ProVectorTM-a biopesticide designed to attract and kill mature mosquitoes.”
“John Sabia is the CFO of Medical Infusion Technologies (MIT), developer of the ProVector-an innovative biopesticide device that is working to solve the infectious-disease problems in regions such as Haiti.”
“Marrone Bio Innovations, details some of the 245 registered biopesticide active ingredients used in a wide array of pest management products.”
“The company's efforts include development of a biopesticide to control invasive zebra and quagga mussels fouling freshwater ecosystems and a microbial-based weed killer for rice and cereal crop production.”
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