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Which method is more suitable for mass production of natural enemies, artificial or natural diet?

Dear friends Quality assessment of entomophagous arthropods used in augmentative biological control is one of the main concerns after their mass production. Economic production and quality are two...

10 November 2016 9,904 3 View

Which character is more important when choosing a biological control agent as perfect candidate?

entomologists have concluded that introduced biocontrol agents are most effective when they exhibit the following characteristics: 1-Narrow host range. Generalized predators may be good natural...

28 October 2016 8,224 20 View

What must to be considerd when choosing a plant cultivr for increaslng the efficiency of biological control?

All plants respond to herbivore-inflicted damage with the enhanced emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and plants in numerous taxa also respond with the secretion of extrafloral nectar...

24 October 2016 3,143 6 View

Which of the biological control agent have the highest speed effect? Predators or parasitoids or pathogens?

In many cases, the timing and method of biological control applications were more significant factors impacting the effectiveness of biolog ical control than the release rate. Additional factors...

17 October 2016 5,209 3 View

Which group of natural enemies are better for biological control, predator- parasitoid or pathogen?

Predators are mainly free-living species that directly consume a large number of prey during their whole lifetime. Parasitoids lay their eggs on or in the body of an insect host, which is then...

12 October 2016 6,784 12 View