Evaluation of insecticidal properties of crystal proteins from some new strains of bacillus thuringiensis

Abstract

Agriculture sector plays an important role to improve the economic growth of newlinedeveloping countries like India, apart from fulfilling the food security of the newlinegrowing population globally. The current trends in developed and developing newlinecountries in food habits among people are focused towards organic agricultural newlineproduces. Hence, it has become indispensable to harness the best of scientific newlineknowledge and a cheap technological breakthrough which are crucial to meet newlinetoday s complex challenges. Biopesticides are one of the important areas to fulfill newlinethe challenges in a sustainable way as they are derived from natural materials. newlineWhen used as a component of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs, it newlinecan greatly control major pest menace while keeping the crop yields high. newlineIncreasing demand for residue free crop protection products is expected to boost newlinethe demand for biopesticides in near future globally. Bacillus thuringiensis is one newlineof the most used bacteria for production of these biopesticides. newline