Use of Entomopathogenic Bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis in the Republic of Uzbekistan: Problems and Prospects

Abstract

The Republic of Uzbekistan is a country specializing in agriculture, with favorable climatic conditions that allow high yields of almost all types of crops.At the moment, in our republic, 1 million 387 thousand hectares of land is used for growing cotton, about 1 million 700 thousand hectares of grain products (including 1 million 200 thousand hectares of irrigated areas), more than 560 thousand hectares of fruits and vegetables and products horticulture, and 967.8 1000 hectares are specialized in growing fodder plants. In the absence of large losses in the cultivation and storage of agricultural products, this amount of land would be enough to freely provide the population of the republic with food and technical raw materials and export some of the products. This article provides analytical information about the work carried out on the basis of the entomopathogenic bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis in the protection of agricultural crops from harmful insects. Information is also provided on the production of b-exotoxin, L-exotoxin, a-exotoxin, U-exotoxin, crystalline d-endotoxin and their classification.