Microbial pesticides competitiveness

Competitiveness. Unlike chemical pesticides, microbial pesticides are living entitles which may survive, replicate and compete with other species for space and food sources. These factors, alaie, do not constitute a hazard, but do require an evaluation for which there is no coutiterpart for chemical pesticides. Such an analysis must consider whether characteristics have been engineered into a microorganism v ich may permit it to establish itself in new environmental niches. If so, then its potential to exert adverse effects ai nontarget species must be considered. 

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