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.
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