What is the difference between a pesticide and a herbicide?
Pesticide is mixture of chemicals used for preventing, controlling, or lessening the damage caused by a pest (usually an animal). Most pesticides are poisonous to humans. An herbicide is used to kill specific types of plants. Biocide is a word that covers all types of life killing chemicals [fungicide kills fungus, etc.]. What is biological control? “Biological control is the deliberate introduction or manipulation of a weed’s natural enemies with the goal of suppressing a weed’s populations. A biological control agent can be a insect, a fungus, a nematode, or any other organism that retards the weed’s growth and/or reproduction. Most biological control agents are imported from the weed’s country of origin.
