Biological Control of Some Fruit Plants Under Organic Agriculture Systems

Abstract

The entire world has realized the danger of chemical pesticides because of their harmful impact on environment, biodiversity, and human health as a result of the accumulation of pesticides in the food and water chain and the outbreak of epidemic diseases such as cancer, kidney failure, and liver epidemic, which entails the cost of the state many funds to control these diseases. We must start changing the trend of the world by using biological control methods as alternatives to pesticides in order to eat healthy and safe food, raise soil fertility, increase biodiversity, and maintain the period of postharvest in the long term in addition to the booming economic aspect of the individual and society. The international organic agriculture law is concerned with controlling any diseases on plants and is prohibited from using any pesticides during the production, harvesting, processing, handling, and trading of organic crops.