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Biological Control of Insect Pests
2013Natural enemies of insect pests play a key role in reducing the levels of pest populations below those causing economic injury. Both natural and applied biological control tactics can be important in successful management of pest populations. Biological control has the advantage of being self-perpetuating (once established), and it usually does not ...
Ajeet Kumar +3 more
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2021
Abstract This chapter focuses on the benefits of using biological control in cut flower production through augmentative biological control using invertebrate and microbial organisms (natural enemies and biopesticides) applied seasonally or prophylactically.
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Abstract This chapter focuses on the benefits of using biological control in cut flower production through augmentative biological control using invertebrate and microbial organisms (natural enemies and biopesticides) applied seasonally or prophylactically.
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Economics of biological control of pests
American Journal of Alternative Agriculture, 1988Biological pest control techniques usually have identifiable costs and constraints that they must overcome before they will be adopted by farmers. Many biological control agents are developed in the public sector and need economic assessments at an early stage.
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Biological and integrated pest control in floriculture.
2013International ...
Poncet, Christine +5 more
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Biological control in the management of pests
Agro-Ecosystems, 1975Abstract In this paper the author reviews the broad general picture of developments in biological control in relation to the increasing opportunities presented for its employment in developing programmes of integrated pest control worldwide. Included are not only the classical examples of biological control of insects and mites and of weeds but such ...
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A Theoretical Approach on Controlling Agricultural Pest by Biological Controls
Acta Biotheoretica, 2013In this paper we propose and analyze a prey-predator type dynamical system for pest control where prey population is treated as the pest. We consider two classes for the pest namely susceptible pest and infected pest and the predator population is the natural enemy of the pest. We also consider average delay for both the predation rate i.e.
Tapan Kumar Kar +2 more
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Alterations in honey bee gut microorganisms caused by Nosema spp. and pest control methods.
Pest Management Science, 2018BACKGROUND Honey bees are associated with gut microorganisms essential for their nutrition and health. The composition of the microbial community can be used as a biological health indicator and is characterized using biomarker fatty acids. Commonly, gut
T. Díaz +3 more
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Biological control of cotton pests in China
Biological Control, 2014Cotton is one of the most economically important crops in China, while insect pest damage is the major restriction factor for cotton production. The strategy of integrated pest management (IPM), in which bio- logical control plays an important role, has been widely applied.
Steven E. Naranjo +2 more
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Bird-mediated effects of pest control services on crop productivity: a global synthesis
Journal of Pest Science, 2021Pablo Díaz-Siefer +5 more
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Conservation Biological Control of Insect Pests
2018The human population is predicted to reach 9 billion by 2050. To achieve food security for this growing population, agricultural intensification is occurring, with increasing use of pesticides to reach the necessary yields. However, there is strong evidence that suggests pesticides cannot provide the agro-ecosystem growth and stability needed for the ...
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