Editing Insecticide (section)

===Market===
The global bio-insecticide market was estimated to be less than 10% of the total insecticide market.<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last=Marrone |first=Pamela G. |year=2024 |title=Status of the biopesticide market and prospects for new bioherbicides. |url=https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7403 |journal=Pest Management Science |volume=80 |issue=1 |pages=81–86|doi=10.1002/ps.7403 |pmid=36765405 }}</ref> The bio-insecticide market is dominated by microbials.<ref name=":10">{{Cite book |last1=Glare |first1=T.R. |title=Microbial Control of Insect and Mite Pests |last2=Jurat-Fuentes |first2=J.-L. |last3=O’Callaghan |first3=M |publisher=Academic Press |year=2017 |isbn=9780128035276 |editor-last=Lacey |editor-first=Lawrence A. |pages=47–67 |chapter=Chapter 4 - Basic and Applied Research: Entomopathogenic Bacteria |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-803527-6.00004-4 |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803527-6.00004-4}}</ref> The bio-insecticide market is growing more that 10% yearly, which is a higher growth than the total insecticide market, mainly due to the increase in [[organic farming]] and [[Integrated pest management|IPM]], and also due to benevolent government policies.<ref name=":6" />

Biopesticides are regarded by the US and European authorities as posing fewer risks of environmental and mammalian toxicity.<ref name=":2" /> Biopesticides are more than 10 x (often 100 x) cheaper and 3 x faster to register than synthetic pesticides.<ref name=":6" />