What is Bioherbicides and their example.
The biological control of weeds involves the use of living organisms such as plant pathogens, insects and mites, herbivorous fish, nematodes, other animals and competitive plants to limit their infestation. The objectives of biological control are not eradication, rather the reduction and, regulation of weed population below the levels of economic injury. A successful bio-agent is host specific, rapid destroyer of the target weed, effective on several taxa of the weed in question, adjustable to new environment and easy to multiply. Biological control of weeds has had a long and successful record in the United States and several other countries.
“A bioherbicide is a plant pathogen used as a weed control agent through inundative and repeated application of its inoculums or by augmentation of natural, seasonal disease levels through small releases of inoculums. The bioherbicide can provide an effective, safe and viable method of weed control”.
A list of bioherbicides is presented below..
A bioherbicide can often live in the environment and wait for the next growing season when there will be more weeds to infects.
This reduces the farmer’s cost of applying herbicides year after year. A new range of bioherbicides may essentially allow farmers to replace or reduce the expensive chemical herbicides that they now use. They also allow farmers to get rid of weed that interfere with their crop’s productivity without threatening the environment
The most common reason given for the limited commercial interest is that the market size for biocontrol agents is typically small and the market is often too regional, and consequently the financial returns from biocontrol agents are too small for big industries.
The potential to use a bioherbicide in diverse crops and against several weeds might create commercial interest in this technology.
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