• BioControl is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media covering all aspects of basic and applied research in biological...
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    Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, whether pest animals such as insects and mites, weeds, or pathogens affecting animals...
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    computing, BIOS (/ˈbaɪɒs, -oʊs/, BY-oss, -⁠ohss; Basic Input/Output System, also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS, BIOS ROM or PC BIOS) is a type of...
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    Harmonia axyridis (category Biological pest control beetles)
    Mongolia, China, and Taiwan. As a voracious predator, it was identified as a biocontrol agent for aphids and scale insects. Consequently, it has been introduced...
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    strain. Some P. fluorescens strains (CHA0 or Pf-5, for example) present biocontrol properties, protecting the roots of some plant species against parasitic...
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    application in mass-rearing of egg parasitoids". Biological Control. 47 (3): 268–272. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.09.001. Fox, E.G.P.; Bressan-Nascimento, Suzete...
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    "Biological control of the European cockchafer: persistence of Beauveria brongniartii after long-term applications in the Euroregion Tyrol". BioControl. 60 (5):...
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    Amblyseius swirskii on Thrips palmi and Frankliniella schultzei on cucumber". Biological Control. 92 (1): 85–91. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2015.10.004....
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  • and 4.58 mm in length.[citation needed] Adult beetles are often used as biocontrol agents on the many invasive weeds such as Rumex dentatus, Polygonum glabrum...
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    mosquitoes. Biological control is the management and control using biological means. Biological pest control, or "biocontrol", is the use of the natural...
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    Pest Management. Pharm. Bio. 46(1–2): 41–52 Acosta, EW (2006) The History of Integrated Pest Management[usurped] (IPM). Biocontrol Reference Center. Surendra...
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    Trichogramma (category Insects used as insect pest control agents)
    (PDF). BioControl. 54 (5): 617–624. Bibcode:2009BioCo..54..617S. doi:10.1007/s10526-009-9219-8. Upadhyay RK, Mukerji KG, Chamola BP (2001) 'Biocontrol potential...
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    Epichem Group Ltd (Acq 2007) Molecular Medicine BioServices (Acq 2007) BioReliance (Acq 2012) BioControl Systems Inc. (Acq 2017) Natrix Separations (Acq...
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    PMID 12058383. Cowie RH (2001). "Can snails ever be effective and safe biocontrol agents?". International Journal of Pest Management. 47 (1): 23–40. CiteSeerX 10...
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    potential biological control agent of the invasive strawberry guava, Psidium cattleyanum (Myrtales: Myrtaceae), in Florida. BioControl. Volume 52, Number...
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    Pantoea agglomerans can serve as a biocontrol organism for the management of plant diseases. It has been used to control fire blight, a plant disease caused...
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  • Pseudomonas protegens has been studied for more than twenty years for its biocontrol properties. Most studies have been carried out with the model strains...
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    predators and parasitoids have been introduced to the United States for biocontrol. Two of them, the fly Istocheta aldrichi, a parasite of adult beetles...
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    Larinus planus (category Biological pest control beetles)
    the most destructive to them. In North America, it has been used as a biocontrol agent. It is also known as Larinus carlinae. The adult weevil is mostly...
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    potential distribution. In New Zealand, efforts are being made to control its spread with biocontrol measures using the horehound clearwing moth (Chamaesphecia...
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    (December 2005). "After biocontrol: Assessing indirect effects of insect releases". Biological Control. 35 (3): 313. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.02.008. "Who's...
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    lacks generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status with the FDA. Several biocontrols are being studied for use in Florida. It is a declared weed in several...
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    slug in its young stage and also its eggs. Use of Carabus nemoralis as a biocontrol agent for multiple pests in large scale farming operations have been tested...
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    is native to Eurasia, and has been introduced into North America as a biocontrol agent for leafy spurge. Adults are brown and difficult to distinguish...
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    Nematode (category Pest control)
    Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita as a potential biological control agent for slugs". Biocontrol Science and Technology. 3 (4): 503–511. Bibcode:1993BioST...
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    Purpureocillium lilacinum (category Biological pest control)
    substrates. P. lilacinum has shown promising results for use as a biocontrol agent to control the growth of destructive root-knot nematodes. The species was...
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    does in Europe [why?], preventing it from being an effective form of biocontrol. In 1938, chestnut blight was first identified around Genoa. Infection...
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    "Sequential biocontrol application in the use of Toxorhynchites spp". In Laird, Marshall; Miles, James W. (eds.). Integrated Mosquito Control Methodologies:...
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    Cockroach (section Control)
    mass-rearing of egg parasitoids". Biological Control. 47 (3): 268–272. Bibcode:2008BiolC..47..268B. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.09.001. Bressan-Nascimento, S...
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    it, and so the fungus may be suitable for further investigating as a biocontrol agent. The fungus is saprobic, and grows in sandy soils, lawns, gardens...
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