New Collection Of Bacteria
In recent times, efforts in protecting plants from insect pests are aimed at reducing the use of chemical controls, i.e., pesticides, and employing biological methods. The latter, as distinct from the chemical ones, do not contaminate the environment and agricultural products, do not accumulate in soil and water, and do not poison warm-blooded animals. Non-chemical pest control is often performed using bacteria, especially, Baccilus turingiensis (BT) that synthesizes toxins killing insects. Each strain of BT is effective against a certain insect species or a group of species. On the one hand, this definitely is an advantage of the method, because other insects (e.g., bees) are not poisoned.