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Use of bio-agents must be encouraged in agriculture as the use of chemicals inversely impact population and natural resources. This chapter gives a wide variety of biological agents being used in India for various pests in different crops. Studies can further be stretched to use these bio-agents in turf and for ornamental pest control. Neem-based bio-insecticide is used at a concentration of 5% against Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella in cabbage management. Farm yard manure (FYM) enriched with Trichoderma harzianum (4 g/kg) is used to control thrips, mites, and soil-borne diseases and Pseudomonas fluorescens is used (5 g/L) for inducing systemic resistance in hot peppers. Beauveria bassiana alone or in combination with BT have been used to control soil insects including potato beetles. The isolates of Trichoderma spp. have been characterized for biopriming, plant growth promotion characteristics, reduction of disease incidence, and corresponding yield increase in cabbage, cauliflower, mustard, and field pea at 5–10 g/kg seed. T. harzianum in the concentration of 2 × 108 cfu/g of soil and P. fluorescens 1 × 1012 cfu/g of soil was said to be the best towards management of root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita). Application of T. harzianum (250 g) + P. fluorescens (250 mL), and FYM (25 kg) + T. harzianum (250 g) + P. fluorescens (250 mL) against fusarium wilt, mites, and root knot nematode has been found promising in cucumber. The above bio-agents can also be successfully used for the control of turf and ornamental plants by conducting field trials.
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Authors of this chapter are thankful to Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan, Founder President, Amity University and Dr. Atul Chauhan, Chancellor, Amity University, Noida Campus for providing all necessary support and encouragement.
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Chauhan, A., Ranjan, A., Jindal, T. (2018). Biological Control Agents for Sustainable Agriculture, Safe Water and Soil Health. In: Jindal, T. (eds) Paradigms in Pollution Prevention. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58415-7_6
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