BIOPESTICIDES – FOR FUTURE 203 Jr. of Industrial Pollution Control 30(2)(2014) pp 203-205 ' EM International Printed in India. All rights reserved www.envirobiotechjournals.com BIOPESTICIDES  FOR FUTURE GHUMARE VIKAS 1 , NIKHIL SHARMA, OMKAR GAVKARE,BABITA KHACHI AND K. DILIP SINGH Department of Entomology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan 173 230, Himachal Pradesh, India. Key words: (Received ............... February, 2014; accepted ............................, 2014) ABSTRACT I INTRODUCTION Biopesticides are certain types of pesticides derived from such natural materials as animals, plants, bacte- ria and certain minerals. In commercial terms, biopesticides include microorganisms that control pests (microbial pesticides), naturally occurring sub- stances that controlpests (biochemical pesticides), and pesticidal substances produced by plants containing added genetic material (plant incorporated protectants). Biopesticides are employed in agricul- tural use for the purposes of insect control, disease control, weed control, nematode control and plant physiology and productivity.Biopesticides are usually inherently less toxic than conventional pesticides. Corresponding authors email : agrihortiscience@gmail.com They provide growers with valuable tools by deliver- ing solutions that are highly effective in managing pests, without creating negative impacts on the environment.They generally affect only the target pest and closely related organisms, in contrast to the broad- spectrum conventional pesticides that may affect organisms as different as birds, insects, and mammals. Overall, the biopesticides have very limited toxicity to birds, fish, bees and other wildlife thus helping in maintaining beneficial insect populations. Biopesticides often are effective in very small quanti- ties and often decompose quickly, thereby resulting in lower exposures and largely avoiding the pollu- tion problems caused by conventional pesticides. When used as a component of Integrated Pest Man-