Predatory mites play the leading role in commercial augmentative biological control. They
are mainly used in protected vegetable and ornamental cultivation systems to control …

▪ Abstract Theoretical developments are helping us to comprehend the basic parameters
governing the dynamics of the interactions between generalist predators and their many …

This paper gives suggestions forunifying the terminology in biological controlacross different
research disciplines, such asbiological control of arthropods, weeds andplant pathogens. It …

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 …

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 …

▪ Abstract More than 5000 introductions of about 2000 species of exotic arthropod agents for
control of arthropod pests in 196 countries or islands during the past 120 years rarely have …

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

Crop protection in European greenhouses became strongly chemically oriented shortly after
the Second World War in the 1950s. But an excellent climate for fast reproduction of pests …

The goal of banker plant systems is to sustain a reproducing population of natural enemies
within a crop that will provide long-term pest suppression. The most common banker plant …

In the past 100 years many exotic naturalenemies have been imported, mass reared
andreleased as biological control agents. Negativeenvironmental effects of these releases …