Encapsulated Biocontrol Agents for Precision Plant Protection
Sreenath Ragiman*
Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-IARI, Nagpur Hub, Maharashtra (441 108), India
Meka Avanija
College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, PJTAU, Hyderabad, Telangana (500 030), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Biological control, Encapsulation, Pest management, Sustainable agriculture
Abstract
Biological control of insect pests and diseases has been showing promise in sustainable agriculture long time and it is the key factor in IPM and organic farming. It has huge potential in reducing usage of chemical pesticides, which are responsible for today’s soil and ground water pollution along with hazardous pesticides residues in food, due to their indiscriminate use by the farmers. But the major concerns in the mass production and widespread usage of biocontrol agents are, their short shelf life and sensitivity to environmental conditions when they are applied in the field, which is greatly reducing their efficacy and applicability. The encapsulation method provides significant solutions to biocontrol agent application challenges through protective outer layers surrounding biological agents to protect them from field conditions which lead to enhanced biocontrol agent performance for sustainable farming.
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