OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Toxic to certain crop pests.
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Harmful if swallowed by livestock.
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Too expensive for use by most farmers.
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Hard to grow in a laboratory.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Biopesticides are pesticides derived from naturally occurring sources, such as microorganisms, plants, animals, and a few minerals. Microbes as biopesticides: Phytophthora (bioherbicides), Trichoderma (bio fungicides), B.
Detailed explanation-2: -Biopesticides are naturally occurring compounds 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -What are Biopesticides? 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.