Biological Products in agriculture
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Bruno Moreira
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What are the main problems that agriculture faces nowadays?
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How do biologicals differ from pesticides?
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How do agricultural biologicals relate to these problems?
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Biological Products in agriculture
by Bruno Moreira
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Agricultural Biologicals
Agricultural biologicals are a diverse group of products derived from naturally occurring microorganisms, plant extracts, beneficial insects or other organic matter. They are typically broken down into two or three major categories according to their use in agriculture
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Agricultural Biologicals
The classification varies according to the sources, but we may have:
Biopesticides (or Biocontrols )
Biostimulants
Biofertility
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Making comparisons
Comparatives of Superiority and Superlative
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Making comparisons
Comparative of Superiority: We use -er or more in a structure to compare things:
This product is better for the environment since...
Our product is more competitive than the market average.
Superlative: On the other hand, the superlative shows us the greatest, biggest or most important thing in a comparison. We use -est or most in this case. (Check the sentence itself too for an example!):
The biggest problem we face today is...
We are aware that the most important issue to be tackled is...
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Poll
As homework, what are you going to do?
Write a short text about one topic related to today's discussion (> 400 words)
Prepare a short presentation about one topic related to today's discussion (5-10 minutes)
Gather different sources talking about today's topic in a file and talk about them in a general way
Choose a video about today's topic and summarize it for me orally (and text if you'd like) next class
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How do biologicals differ from pesticides? What are their advantages?
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What are common types of products used as biologicals? Can you give examples and talk about them? Which ones have you already used?
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What about problems? What could be a problem concerning these products? (Consider acceptance too!)
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https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/what-are-biopesticides
https://croplife.org/case-study/what-are-biological-and-why-are-they-important/
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