The application prospects of botanical pesticides are broad and there is huge room for development of Chinese enterprises.

Botanical pesticides, also known as botanical pesticides, are biopesticides that utilize active substances extracted from plants with herbicidal, antibacterial, and insecticidal effects through indirect processing or direct use. Botanical pesticides are mainly composed of C, H, O and other elements, and the active ingredients are mostly natural substances. They have the characteristics of fast degradation, good environmental compatibility, and low residues. They are in line with the current trend of environmental protection development, and the market demand continues to grow.

According to the “2022-2027 China Botanical Pesticide Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, my country is a major producer and user of pesticides in the world. At present, chemical pesticides are still the mainstream products in the market. Biopesticides account for less than 12.5% ​​of the total pesticides, which is far lower than the international average. However, biopesticides are supported by national policies and are in line with current environmental protection consumption. The market is growing rapidly, and biopesticides have broad development prospects and space in the future. Botanical pesticides are a type of biopesticides and also have broad development prospects in the future.

There are many types of botanical pesticides, including botanical insecticides, botanical fungicides, botanical acaricides, botanical hormones, etc., and subdivided products include matrine, veratrine, pyrethrin, phytozolin, and chrysanthemi Aluline, azadirachtin, matrine, eugenol, carvacrol, catechin, etc.

Botanical pesticides have a unique way of killing insects. Their modes of action and mechanisms include poisonous effects, antifeedant effects, repellent effects, anesthetic effects, growth and development inhibition effects, etc. Current research on botanical pesticides mainly involves research on effective components, research on plant resources, establishment of quality control standard systems, research on application technology, environmental toxicology research, and preparation processing.

Botanical pesticides are natural, environmentally friendly, low-toxic, and degradable. Against the background of increasingly stringent environmental protection supervision, botanical pesticides have broad application prospects. However, at present, the development of the botanical pesticide market still faces technical and application problems. For example, botanical pesticides have problems such as slow onset of effect and short residual period. Compared with chemical pesticides, they have no efficacy advantages and are difficult to be accepted by the market.

In the international market, suppliers of botanical pesticides include Oro Agri, American Sym-Agro, Bayer, Byward, Canadian Verdera, etc. At this stage, my country’s companies engaged in the research and production of botanical pesticides include Chengdu New Chaoyang, Inner Mongolia Zhongnong Biochemical Technology, Beijing Qingyuanbao, Shanxi Dewei, Chengdu Green Gold, etc.

Relying on abundant natural resources and increasing technological levels, my country has made good achievements in botanical pesticide research. Industry analysts said that botanical pesticides are environmentally friendly, low-toxic, and natural. They are a new type of pesticide. my country is the first As a country with large pesticide production and consumption, the development of botanical pesticides will not only help enhance the competitiveness of domestic agricultural product exports, but also promote the upgrading of the pesticide industry structure, which has important economic and ecological significance.