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Lots of the commercial pesticides available on the market for homeowners and farmers are highly toxic and if not handled safely can be a risk to your well being and the environment. Luckily , a number of powerful insect controlling organic alternatives are now available to consumers and commercial users. Many of these new organic pesticides are formulated with ingredients extracted from neem seeds.

The neem seed comes from the fruit of neem trees which are evergreen trees native to the country of India. It has been disputed that the most bioactive ingredient in the neem seed is Azadirachtin. It has also been proven that Azadirachtin (after its processed and mixed with other buffering agents) can be used very effectively to control over three hundred insect species.

Chemistries made up of 1.5-3% Azadirachtin formulations control insects by way of 2 modes of action. For one, Azadirachtin regulates the growth of the insect by restraining the production of an insect hormone called ecdysone which inhibits the insect from molting. Second, it has anti-feeding affects on the insects whereby the insects (due to secondary physiological affects) simply stop feeding after they have ingested Azadirachtin.

An important question worth asking when researching Azadirachtin based insecticides is: How can they be used?

Research has demonstrated that they can be used as an insecticide, anti-feedant and repellent on ornamental plants, trees and shrubs. Some formulations can also be used indoors, in greenhouses and on agricultural crops and it is also feasible to tank-mix Azadirachtin based chemicals with other insecticides for additional insect control.

For agricultural producers and homeowners that want to be more environmentally conscious when they have to control an insect problem, they may want to look into a neem insecticide or two to see if they can find a solution that has at minimum a 1.5% formulation of Azadirachtin. Some of the available options on the market also have 3% formulations.

Traditionally, the word pesticide wouldn't often be connected with organic products, but with the rise of many neem seed based chemicals more recently, commercial growers and homeowners now have multiple organic pesticides to select from .

Steven Vander Woude is the joint owner of EnviroSelects a net-based retailer of organic pesticides herbicides and fungicides. For readers interested discovering more about EnviroSelects and in particular, the insects controlled by AzaGuard, they'd wish to try the resources at Enviroselects.com.