The deliberate use by humans of one species of organism to eliminate or control another.
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Any activity of one species that reduces the adverse effects of another.
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the use of living organisms to control pests. A natural enemy such as a parasite, predator, or disease organism is introduced into the environment ... [8 related articles]
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The control of pests by employing predators, parasites, or disease; the natural enemies are encouraged and disseminated by man.
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the use of living organisms or their products to control pest populations.
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Controlling plants, diseases, and animal pests using natural enemies; or inhibiting the reproduction of pests by methods that result in the laying of infertile eggs, etc.
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<agriculture> The agricultural use of living things, such as parasites, diseases, and predators, to control or eliminate others, such as weeds and pests, rather than by using chemicals (herbicides and pesticides). ... (21 Mar 1998) ...
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The practice of using beneficial natural organisms to attack and control harmful plant and animal pe
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The regulation of plant and animal numbers by natural enemies. It is the aim of biological control to manipulate natural enemies (parasitoids, predators, pathogens) in an attempt to reduce the pest numbers and keep them at much reduced levels. The 'manipulation' can involve the introduction of natural enemies into a region where they previously did not exist to counter accidentally introduced pests of crops (classical biological control). Also manipulation can involve the use of indigenous natural enemies to augment existing populations or to alter the environment to improve conditions for enhanced natural enemy activity. The use of one biological agent to control another, generally by predation or parasitism (Spedding, 1975). The use, by man, of living organisms to control (usually meaning to suppress) undesirable animals and plants; certain non-organismal biological factors, such as metabolic and genetic diseases, when used in control may be included (Cantwell, 1974). Control of pests using natural enemies (usually predators and parasites) (Stiling, 1985). The regulation of plant and animal populations by natural enemies. The term is also applied to the practice of using natural enemies to control pests (van den Bosch, 1980). Control of pests by means of predators, parasites and disease-producing organisms (Parry, 1990). The reduction of the amount of the amount of inoculum or disease-producing activity of a pathogen accomplished by or through one or more organisms (antagonists) other than man (Parry, 1990). Pest control by living organisms (Marsh, 1969)....
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is control of pests by the introduction of other living things, rather than pesticides, into their environment
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A method of reducing or eliminating plant pests by introducing predators or micro-organisms that attack the targeted pests but spare other species in the area.
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biological control The use of natural predators or parasites, instead of chemicals, to control pests. The most famous successful example was the introduction of the gray moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, into Australia to control the prickly pear, Opuntia inermis, which was over running vast tracts of land. The moth's caterpillars eat the shoots of the...
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The action of parasites, predators, or pathogens in maintaining another organism
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the use of one living organism to control a pest species by humans.
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In pest control, the use of animals and organisms that eat or otherwise kill or out-compete pests.
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Control of pests such as insects and fungi through biological means, rather than the use of chemicals. This can include breeding resistant crop strains; inducing sterility in the pest; infecting the pest species with disease organisms; or introducing the pest's natural predator. Biological control tends to be naturally self-regu...
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The use of living organisms, such as predators, parasitoids, and pathogens, to control pest insects, weeds, or diseases. Typically involves some human activity.
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the control of pests by interference with their ecological status, as by introducing a natural enemy or a pathogen into the environment. Also called
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