Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2014

Scope of Natural Pesticides in Cultivation of Medicinal Plants

Dr. Satej Tippanna Banne, Yogesh H. Girigaon

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Pesticides are chemical compounds that are used to kill pests, including insects, rodents, fungi and unwanted plants (weeds). Pesticides are used in public health to kill vectors of disease, such as mosquitoes and to damage crops. By their nature, pesticides are potentially toxic to other organisms, including humans, and need to be used safely and disposed of properly. So development of natural pesticides is required in present era. Plants have been much more successfully exploited as sources of pesticides for pests other than weeds. This is probably due to several factors. The selection pressure caused by pathogens and herbivores has probably been more acute and intense than that caused by plant competitors. A plant species can effectively compete with plant foes in many ways other than by poisoning them and having to cope with auto toxicity. The molecular complexity, limited environmental stability and low activity of many biocides from plants, compared to synthetic pesticides are discouraging. However, advances in chemical and biotechnology are increasing the speed and ease with which man can discover and develop secondary compounds of plants as pesticides.

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Dr. Satej Tippanna Banne, Yogesh H. Girigaon Scope of Natural Pesticides in Cultivation of Medicinal Plants International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 10 October 2014

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