Trichogramma species, minute egg parasitoids, have emerged as a cornerstone in the biological control of agricultural pests. These natural enemies are deployed to suppress lepidopteran pests that ...

Biological control is emerging as a sustainable alternative to chemical pesticides in agricultural ecosystems, with predatory insects playing a central role in suppressing pest populations. This ...

The larva of a lady beetle is seen here consuming aphids feeding on milkweed. While they are fierce predators, most people do not recognize insects as useful biological controls. Jeff Burbrink ...

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Pt. 1. Scope of biological control -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Types of biological control, targets, and agents -- Pt. 2. Kinds of natural enemies -- 3. Parasitoid diversity and ecology -- 4. Predator ...

The predatory mirid bug, Nesidiocoris tenuis, which preys on agricultural pests, is used as a biological control agent. This discovery has significant implications for biological control which ...

Adoption of biological control and Integrated Pest Management programs by growers depends on adequate control of pests while remaining cost effective. Some New Jersey eggplant growers follow a ...

(1) The effects of the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Mat.-Ferr., on cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz, growth, development and yields as modified by weather, soil water and nitrogen, and ...

Paul-andré Calatayud is employed by IRD and is a visiting scientist at icipe. He receives funding for his research from both IRD and icipe. Sevgan Subramanian receives funding from icipe and the ...

Biological control is the management of pests and their damage by the beneficial action of parasites (parasitoids), pathogens, and predators. These beneficial organisms, collectively, are named ...

For years, researchers claimed the first biological control of a weed occurred in 1902, in Hawaii. But a Virginia Tech entomologist has proved that the ecological approach to combating invasive ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...