Bio Products


Here are a few examples of Bio Products:

• Neem Oil
• Horticultural Oils
• Trounce
• Pyrethrins (Pyrethrum)
• Insecticidal Soap
• Hot Pepper Wax
• BTK
• Rotenone
• Diatomaceous Earth
• Borax
• Corn gluten
• Nematodes

Neem Oil

Active ingredient : azadirachtine

• Influences the hormonal system, feeding activity, reproduction and flying ability of insects.
• Acts by paralysing the natural movement of the intestine causing the deterioration of the insects since they can neither empty their intestine nor eat.
• Acts as an insect growth regulator (IGR) preventing exoskeleton development and impeding the molting process.
• Controls all soft-bodied insects (aphids, mealybugs), scale insects, nematodes, mushrooms and bacteria.

Some commercially available products: Bioneem®, Ornazin®, Trilogy® and other neem containing products.

Active ingredients: Fatty acids

• React with the fatty acids of the insect body, interfere with its metabolism and act like a poison.
• Act by blocking the holes used by insects to draw oxygene from their environment.
• Asphyxiate and quickly suffocate the insect.
• Repulsive effect which discourages laying.
• Very low Toxicity for mammals (5000 mg/kg for rats).
• Dissipates itself by evaporation after application.
• Allows to bring harmful population to tolerable levels Repress aphids, mealybugs, spider mites, whiteflies, caterpillars, and other scale.
• insects in the gardens. Also useful against powdery mildew.

Some commercially available horticultural oils (e.g., Sunspray®, Scalecide®, Volck®).

Trounce

Active ingredients: Fatty acids and pyrethrin.

• Natural, organic bug killer containing fatty acids and pyrethrin
• Control aphids, whiteflies, bees, caterpillars and some beetles
• Quick & effective
• Contact product

Some available products: Safer's Trounce (potassium salt fatty acid 20%, pyrethrins 0.2%).

Pyrethrins (Pyrethrum)

Active ingredients : Pyrethrin (Cinerin I et II et Jasmolin I et II)

• Pyrethrins are natural insecticides produced by flowers of certain species of the chrysanthemum plant (Tanacetum).
• Pyrethrum is a botanical insecticide.
• Four different active substances: Cinerin I et II et Jasmolin I et II.
• Contact poisons, which quickly penetrate the nerve system of the insect. Minutes after application, the insect cannot move or fly away.
• Used mainly to fight lice, mosquitos, cockroaches, coleopters and the flies.
• Pyrethrins are extremely toxic for fish.

Insecticidal Soap

Active ingredients: Fatty acids with long non-saturated chain

• The fatty acids disrupt the structure and permeability of the insects' cell membranes. The cell contents are able to leak from the damaged cells, and the insect quickly dies.
• Insecticidal soap works best on soft-bodied insects such as aphids, mealybugs, spider mites, thrips, and whiteflies.
• The addition of horticulture oils can increase the effectiveness of soap for harder to kill insects.
• Insecticidal soaps work only on direct contact with the pests.
• There is no residual insecticidal activity once the soap spray has dried.

Some commercially available insecticidal soaps (Safer®, or M-Pede®).

Active ingredients: wax and cayenne pepper extract.

• A biodegradable, non-chemical repellent made of food-grade ingredients.
• Product coats plants with an invisible barrier against insect and animal pests.
• The hot pepper repels the pest; the wax keeps it on the plants for two weeks or more.
• Effective against whiteflies, spider mites, cabbage loopers and other soft bodied insects.
• Will help keep aphids, spider mites, thrips, whitefly, lace bugs, leafhoppers, and many other pests away from your fruit and vegetable crops.
• Spray every surface of the plant, especially the undersides of leaves where insects hide.

Active ingredients: protein Spores and crystals

• Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki (B.t.k.) is a naturally occurring, bacteria found in the soil.
• Caterpillars that eat B.t.k. on trees and shrubs die when the B.t.k. spores are activated in the insects' stomachs.
• Btk must be ingested to be toxic to the insects.
• The bacterium produces spores and protein crystals, which paralyse the digestive tract muscles.
• B.t.k. breaks up in the environnement after two days.
• Fights caterpillars, sphinx of tomato, and other insects.

• Extracted from the tropical vegetable roots (species Derris [ Malaysia] and species Lonhocarpus [ South America]).
• The product must be ingested by the targeted parasites t to be effective.
• Toxic for non-target insects, fish and pigs

Active ingredients: Silicone dioxide (SiO 2)

• A non-toxic, safe substance made up from crushed fossils of freshwater organisms and marine life.
• Have an envelope made up of silicone dioxide (SiO2)
• The microscopically fine, sharp edges desiccate the insects' exoskeleton upon contact and the pests dehydrate and die within hours.
• Must come into contact with the parasites to be effective
• Spread in places where the insects feed or live
• Recommended to wear a mask and safety goggles for the dust
• Use against indoor and outdoor crawling insects, including cockroaches, ants, bedbugs, fleas, carpet beetles, centipedes, crickets, earwigs, grasshoppers, ticks, millipedes, scorpions, slugs, and silverfish.

Borax

Active ingredients: Boric acid

• Contains boron, an inorganic compound.
• Kill parasites which feed on it.
• Available in powder, crystal or liquid.
• Must be out of reach of children and pets.
• Persist in the environment for a long time.

• Corn gluten is a powdery byproduct of the corn milling process.
• Corn gluten has a N-P-K ratio of 9-1-0, or 10% nitrogen by weight.
• Very effective for lawns and gardens as a plant food as well as a weed supressor.
• Acts as a natural "pre-emergent" - it inhibits seed germination by drying out a seed as soon as it cracks open to sprout.

Weeds controlled include: crabgrass, dandelions, smart weed, redroot pigweed, purslane, lambsquarters, foxtail, and barnyard grass.

• Working with their symbiotic bacteria, nematodes kill insects in 24-48 hr.
• Nematodes are lethal to many important insect pests, yet are safe for plants and animals.
• Parasitic nematodes are used on the lawns to fight the white worms.
• Must be handled carefully during their use on the lawn.
• The lifespan of the nematodes in the ground is 60 to 90 days.
• Fights the white worms, chinch bugs, citrus root weevils, bettles, chafers and sod webworm.