Explain the importance of biopesticides in organic farming.

Explanation

(i) Fluoroacetamide - like chemicals are mixed with soil due to use of chemical pesticides in agriculture.
(ii) These prove to be harmful to other plants and animals as well as cause skin disease to humans . Therefore biopesticides are used nowadays.
(iii) Bacterial and fungal toxins which can destroy pests and pathogens can be directly integrated into plants with the help of biotechnology .
(iv) Being toxic to insects , plants are saved from them.
(v) Spinosad , is a biopesticide . It is a by - product of fermentation.