Introduction to Biological Products for Crop Production and Protection

The rapid development of agriculture in the last six decades relied mainly on improved crop varieties, modern irrigation methods, and new chemicals, including pesticides and fertilizers. These technologies continue to be very relevant and beneficial to agricultural productivity. In recent years, however, there have been many reasons for the need to improve the strategies of using these technologies as well as to search for new tools. Improvements in the use of biological methods and development of new biological products fit well into the needed improved strategies or new paradigm.