ArticleApidologie2021
Overview of the testing and assessment of effects of microbial pesticides on bees: strengths, challenges and perspectives.
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- Formulation and characterization of nano biopesticides via nanosuspension technology and its packaging designs.Discover nano · 2026Review
- From Plant Metabolites to Pollinator Safety: Rethinking Selectivity of Botanical Insecticides in Bees-A Review.Biology · 2026Review
- Horizon scanning for European wild pollinators identifies world-leading legislation as a key opportunity for pollinators.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Nanopesticides by Design: A Review of Delivery Platforms, Environmental Fate, and Standards for Safe and Sustainable Crop Protection.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Next-Generation Biopesticides for the Control of Fungal Plant Pathogens.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Role of the Plant-Microbiome Partnership in Environmentally Harmonious 21st Century Agriculture.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- A viral biopesticide from native Hyphantria cunea granulovirus (HycuGV) to control fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea, Drury, Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) under field conditions.Environmental entomology · 2025Article
- Essential oils as potential insecticides and behavior-modifying agents against Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae).Journal of insect science (Online) · 2025Article
- Extracts of tomatoes and potatoes as biopesticides: a review.Discover agriculture · 2025Review
- Effects of microbial biocontrol agents on tea plantation microecology and tea plant metabolism: a review.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Review
- Impact of a Microbial Pest Control Product Containing Bacillus thuringiensis on Brood Development and Gut Microbiota of Apis mellifera Worker Honey Bees.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
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- Towards Sustainable Green Adjuvants for Microbial Pesticides: Recent Progress, Upcoming Challenges, and Future Perspectives.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Biopesticides as a promising alternative to synthetic pesticides: A case for microbial pesticides, phytopesticides, and nanobiopesticides.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Currently, there is a growing interest in developing biopesticides and increasing their share in the plant protection market as sustainable tools in integrated pest management (IPM). Therefore, it is important that regulatory requirements are consistent and thorough in consideration of biopesticides' unique properties. While microbial pesticides generally have a lower risk profile, they present special challenges in non-target organism testing and risk assessment since, in contrast to chemical pesticides, their modes of action include infectivity and pathogenicity rather than toxicity alone. For this reason, non-target organism testing guidelines designed for conventional chemical pesticides are not necessarily directly applicable to microbial pesticides. Many stakeholders have recognised the need for improvements in the guidance available for testing microbial pesticides with honey bees, particularly given the increasing interest in development and registration of microbial pesticides and concerns over risks to pollinators. This paper provides an overview of the challenges with testing and assessment of the effects of microbial pesticides on honey bees (
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