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A Biopesticide is a biological substance or organism that damages, kills, or repels organisms seens as pests. Biological pest management intervention involves predatory, parasitic, or chemical relationships.
They are obtained from organisms including plants, bacteria and other microbes, fungi, nematodes, etc.[1][page needed][2] They are components of integrated pest management (IPM) programmes, and have received much practical attention as substitutes to synthetic chemical plant protection products (PPPs).[3]
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- ^ M. Kaushal and R. Prasad, ed. (2021). Microbial Biotechnology in Crop Protection. Singapore: Springer Nature. ISBN 978-981-16-0048-7.