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Asian Journal of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering

2(3): 1-18, 2019; Article no.AJBGE.53356

Natural Pesticides (Biopesticides) and Uses in Pest
Management- A Critical Review

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Oguh C. E. , Okpaka C. O. , Ubani C. S. , Okekeaji U. , Joseph P. S.
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and Amadi E. U.

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Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
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Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Port Harcourt, Choba,
River State, Nigeria.
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Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka,
Enugu State, Nigeria.
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Department of Biochemistry, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, Nigeria.

Authors’ contributions

This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author OCE designed the study,
performed the statistical analysis and wrote the protocol. Author OCO wrote the first draft of the
manuscript. Authors UCS and OU managed the analyses of the study. Authors JPS and AEU
managed the literature searches. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Article Information

Editor(s):
(1) Dr. Fatima Lizeth Gandarilla-Pacheco, Faculty of Biological Sciences (FCB), Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon,
Mexico.
Reviewers:
(1) Isabel Bertolaccini, National University of the Littoral (Universidad Nacional del Litoral), Argentina.
(2) Bonaventure January, Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere University of Agriculture and Technology, Tanzania.
Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/53356

Received 15 October 2019
Accepted 19 December 2019
Review Article
Published 25 December 2019

ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on new types of biopesticides, examine the specificity to harmful pests, and the
selectivity to beneficial animals. Many of the modern pesticides used today, persist in soil for years
and compound the store of toxins in the soil, air and water. The toxic build-up of these chemicals has
been shown to cause damage in animals, plants, human health and are not easily degradable in the
environment. Study has shown that some plants contain components that are toxic to insects and
pest called biopesticides or natural pesticides. Natural pesticides are pesticides made by organisms
usually for their own defense, or are derived from a natural source such as plant, animal, bacteria,
and certain mineral, use to control pest naturally with less effect or no effect. Examples of these
natural pesticides are Rotenone (Derris sp.), carboxin, fluroacetate, nicotine, neem (Azadiracta
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*Corresponding author: E-mail: collinsoguh@gmail.com;