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Role of Parasitoids and Predators in the Management of Insect Pests

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With increasing hazards due to chemical/synthetic pesticides, the only answer to mitigate these ill-effects is use of safe alternatives. Amongst them, use of natural enemies comprising of parasitoids, predators, entomopathogens, etc. as biological control agents is the most effective, environmentally sound and cost-effective pest management approach to control insect pests. It is anticipated that biological control will play an increasingly important role in integrated pest management (IPM) programs as broad-spectrum pesticide use continues to decline. Moreover, biological control is a cornerstone of organic farming, and the production of organic commodities in developed countries like the USA continues to increase at roughly 20 % per year (USDA-ERS 2002). Organic farming is no longer considered a cottage industry since retail sales hit $ 14.6 billion in 2006. For a given arthropod pest or weed, a pool of natural enemies often exists which consists of vertebrates, invertebrates and microorganisms. The fundamental problem in applied biological control is to select an appropriate species or combination of species from this pool that will bring about the desired level of pest suppression with minimal impact on non-target species.

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Ballal, C., Verghese, A. (2015). Role of Parasitoids and Predators in the Management of Insect Pests. In: Chakravarthy, A. (eds) New Horizons in Insect Science: Towards Sustainable Pest Management. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2089-3_28

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