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Crop protection products for organic agriculture hardcover december 14 2006 by allan s felsot author kenneth d racke author this book covers environmental chemistry toxicology and efficacy of biopesticides and certified organic pesticides. 2 crop protection product formulation for the organic market brian baker and emily brown rosen 3 organic certification of pesticides from philosophy to practice nancy ostiguy 4 the ir 4 program for registration and development of organic products and biopesticides m p braverman d l kunkel j j baron and r e holm 5. Misconception fact organic farming does not use pesticides organic farming uses pesticides just as conventional farming does the only difference is that with a few exceptions the pesticides used in organic agriculture have to be derived from natural sources organic farming cant control weeds because we cant spray them weeds can be controlled by various alternative methods . Organic agriculture does not allow synthetic pesticides including herbicides20 21 weed management under organic agriculture practices is very problematic while most methods rely on soil cultivation hand hoeing biocontrol organic mulches and ironically plastic synthetic ground cover and the use of some natural products is permitted as opposed to synthetic herbicides the available