What are Biological control agents? Their utility and benefits to soil and crop

  • The biological pesticides used to control plant pests are known as biocontrol agents or biological controllers.

  • These biological controllers play an important role in controlling pests such as nematodes, weeds, insects, and mites.  

  • Biological control agents help the soil in keeping the balance between its harmful and beneficial species.

  • Biological controllers can be defined as the application of a living organism, which means that organisms who participate in this process that control other organisms are called biological controllers.

  • Types of biological control agents are insecticide, fungicidal, bacteria, virus.

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