Biopesticides include naturally occurring substances that control pests (biochemical pesticides), microorganisms that control pests, and pesticidal substances produced by plants containing added genetic material PIPs. The most common microbial biopesticide is Bacillus thuringiensis. Substances Found in Nature – These include plant materials like corn gluten, garlic oil, and black pepper. These also include insect hormones that regulate mating, molting, and food-finding behaviors. They tend to control pests without killing them. Pseudomonas chlororaphis isolates are used as biopesticides in agriculture as they protect plants from various microbial diseases, insects, and nematodes. These isolates directly suppress microbial pathogens, insects, and nematodes by producing a variety of metabolites.

Microbial pesticides use living organisms such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoans and yeasts. Biochemical pesticides use naturally occurring, bioactive compounds that control pests by non-toxic mechanisms. The most common microbial biopesticide is Bacillus thuringiensis. Substances Found in Nature – These include plant materials like corn gluten, garlic oil, and black pepper. These also include insect hormones that regulate mating, molting, and food-finding behaviors. They tend to control pests without killing them. Biopesticides include naturally occurring substances that control pests (biochemical pesticides), microorganisms that control pests (microbial pesticides), and pesticidal substances produced by plants containing added genetic material (plant-incorporated protectants) or PIPs. Biopesticides are certain types of pesticides derived from such natural materials as animals, plants, bacteria, and certain minerals. For example, canola oil and baking sodahave pesticidal applications and are considered biopesticides. As of August 31, 2020, there were 390 registered biopesticide active ingredients. Biopesticides are naturally occurringcompounds or agents that are obtained from animals, plants, and microorganisms such as bacteria, cyanobacteria, and microalgae and are used to control agricultural pests and pathogens. Biopesticides production involves rearing of insects. Hence, the basic infrastructure to be created includes only the civil structures built in such a way as to provide environmental conditions suitable for rearing of insects. The production unit has to be located away from industrial unit to avoid pollution problems. They offer the advantages of higher selectivity and less or no toxicity in comparison to conventional chemical pesticides and most commonly used microbial biopesticides are living organisms, which are pathogenic for the pest of interest.