Resistance

Resistance

How can biopesticides help slow down resistance to chemical pesticides?

By tank mixing biopesticides with chemical pesticides, the farmer is in effect designing a new ‘formulation’ of the chemical pesticide because of the addition […]

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Can pests or diseases develop resistance to biopesticides?

Biopesticides differ from chemical pesticides as far as ‘resistance management’ is concerned because beneficial microbes have so many different modes of action and produce […]

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How does resistance to chemical pesticides develop in pests and diseases?

Chemical pesticides generally only have one ‘active ingredient’. If the same chemical pesticide is applied too frequently – the pest or disease has the […]

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