Botanicals

• Chemically extracted or plant-derived pesticides. These include the pyrethroids, rotenoids and nicotinoids.
• Botanicals can be
  – A constructive chemical
  Present in plant and subsequently extracted from plant.
  – Inducible chemical
  Activated in plants as a response to insect activity
• There are limited number of compounds commercially available. Actually there is a large number of compounds but due to many reasons such as stability, quantity, etc., only limited number is commercially available. Some are chemically modified after extraction to enhance insecticidal properties.