Insects are highly successful animals inhabiting marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitats
from the equator to the poles. As a group, insects have limited ability to regulate their body …

The use of biological control for the management of pest insects pre-dates the modern
pesticide era. The first major successes in biological control occurred with exotic pests …

Classical and augmentative biological control of insect pests and weeds has enjoyed a long
history of successes. However, biocontrol practices have not been as universally accepted …

Augmentative biological control concerns the periodical release of natural enemies. In
commercial augmentative biological control, natural enemies are mass-reared in …

The tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a devastating
pest of tomato originating from South America. After its initial detection in eastern Spain in …

A literature survey identified 403 primary research publications that investigated the
ecological effects of invasive alien insects and/or the mechanisms underlying these effects …

This second edition of Natural Enemies will give students, professionals, and anyone
wishing to learn the basics of biological control a fully updated and thorough introduction …

Claims about the role of predator diversity in maintaining ecosystem function and providing
ecosystem services such as pest control are controversial, but evaluative tests are beginning …

Abstract Under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) countries have sovereign
rights over their genetic resources. Agreements governing the access to these resources …

Of the 70 cases of classical biological control for the protection of nature found in our review,
there were fewer projects against insect targets (21) than against invasive plants (49), in …