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Biological control involves the utilisation of natural predators, parasites and pathogens to suppress pest populations, while Integrated Pest Management (IPM) combines biological methods with cultural ...

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 ...

Mathematical models and computer simulations are useful for examining alternative control strategies to include in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs. A three-tropic-level model comprising the ...

Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, controls pests using a variety of non-chemical and chemical means in a way that minimizes risk to people and the environment. IPM is an ecological approach to pest ...

It may be small, but amblyseius cucumeris makes its presence known Amblyseius cucumeris may have a posh name, but it is a total thug. A tiny mite, just 0.5mm long, it is a fearsome predator. It eats a ...

The Bio-Alliance SA–Brazil 2025 Conference, held on 5–6 November at Future Africa, University of Pretoria, brought together South African and Brazilian researchers, regulators and industry leaders to ...

These are the organisms which lay eggs in or on the bodies of their hosts and complete their life cycles on host bodies. As a result of this, the hosts die. A parasitoid may be of different type ...

Amblyseius cucumeris may have a posh name, but it is a total thug. A tiny mite, just 0.5mm long, it is a fearsome predator. It eats a type of insect called thrips. These are small winged insects that ...