{"title":"Entomopathogens as insecticides.","authors":"C M Ignoffo","doi":"10.1080/00139307509435834","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Entomopathogens, diseases of insects, are suggested as a possible new generation of safe, selective insecticides. Over a thousand pathogens have been isolated from insects. Many of these, associated with major insect pests, are potential candidates for development into microbial insecticides. Phases in the development of a microbial insecticide are discussed as well as factors (production, safety, efficacy, registration, non-technical) which may influence this development.</p>","PeriodicalId":11979,"journal":{"name":"Environmental letters","volume":"8 1","pages":"23-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1975-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00139307509435834","citationCount":"35","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Environmental letters","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00139307509435834","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Entomopathogens, diseases of insects, are suggested as a possible new generation of safe, selective insecticides. Over a thousand pathogens have been isolated from insects. Many of these, associated with major insect pests, are potential candidates for development into microbial insecticides. Phases in the development of a microbial insecticide are discussed as well as factors (production, safety, efficacy, registration, non-technical) which may influence this development.