ROLE OF BIOPESTICIDES AND BOTANICALS IN PEST MANAGEMENT

Botanicals are extract that made from plant parts i.e. roots, leaves and stem. All kind of plants are accepted which having insecticidal properties. Biopestides can be categorized as biochemicals, semiochemicals, fungi, virus, bacteria, protozoa and nematodes etc. In botanicals, Azadirachta indica mostly used by researchers due to their good insecticidal properties and in biopesticides, entomopathogenic fungi are found to be most effective against insect- pests. Both botanicals and biopesticides are slow releases in nature (2-3 weeks after application), but after 2 weeks they work efficiently and control the pest population. These products are all rounder in nature as they are not only decrease the pest population as well as increase the yield, reduce weed population, increase the self-life of grains. Plants having self-derived plant molecule and biochemical composition. Control the pest population by botanicals and biopesticide is known as sustainable agriculture.