Biological controls that utilize natural predation, parasitism or other natural mechanisms, is an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical pesticides. Chemical pesticide methods 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 in using biopesticides. It takes an interdisciplinary approach providing internationally comparative analyses on the registration of biopesticides and debates future biopesticide practices.
- ISBN10 1845939778
- ISBN13 9781845939779
- Publish Date 14 November 2012 (first published 28 October 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint CABI Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 240
- Language English