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Biopesticides developed and used in the future will emerge against the
backdrop of the environmental effects associated with the use of conv
entional pesticides and government policies designed to control these
effects. In the final analysis, farmers' choices on pesticides will be
influenced by the prevailing costs and benefits of conventional pesti
cides and their alternatives including biopesticides. The outlook for
pesticide use is complicated, though some directions can be perceived.
There are a number of factors that will serve potentially to impact p
esticide use which in turn will affect the development of biopesticide
s. These include pesticide regulation, the FAIR Act, the crops planted
, the management of ecologically based systems, and consumer demand fo
r ''green'' products. Published 1998 Elsevier Science Inc.