Description

Numerous plants and minerals contain insecticidal qualities, or are poisonous to insects. Insect poisons that are naturally occurring and extracted from plants or minerals are known as botanical insecticides. They go by the name natural insecticides as well. In some circumstances, organic gardeners will pick these insecticides over synthetic organic materials. This book was primarily intended for academics and research assistants at various universities who are interested in using native, eco-friendly plants for pest control programmes. The book briefly discusses many plants that have pesticidal qualities as well as their mode of action, method of preparation, and safety to non-target organisms. It is believed that researchers, extension workers, graduate and postgraduate agriculture students, as well as those studying basic science, will find this book to be of great assistance. This book will be helpful for environmentalists who want to reduce the use of synthetic chemicals in pest management programmes as well as for the industries that formulate pesticides in developing innovative compounds based on phytochemicals. Every effort has been made to give students and scholars access to information that is scarce in other works.