Biological control is the management of pests, weeds, and disease-causing organisms through the use of other living organisms, such as predators, parasitoids, and antagonistic microbes, rather than synthetic chemicals. By harnessing natural enemies and beneficial species, biological control offers a targeted and mor…
Biological control is the management of pests, weeds, and disease-causing organisms through the use of other living organisms, such as predators, parasitoids, and antagonistic microbes, rather than synthetic chemicals. By harnessing natural enemies and beneficial species, biological control offers a targeted and more sustainable approach to protecting crops and ecosystems, reducing reliance on chemical pesticides and the resistance and contamination problems associated with them. Methods range from releasing predatory or parasitic insects against insect pests, to deploying beneficial bacteria and fungi that suppress plant pathogens, to using plant-derived extracts as natural biopesticides. Within Plant and Animal Ecology, biological control reflects the journal's interest in interactions among organisms and the ecological balance of managed and natural systems. Reported research relevant to this topic includes the use of parasitoid wasps to control cotton mealybug, the culturing of the antagonistic fungus Trichoderma to combat a soil-borne groundnut pathogen, the integrated management of a fungal white-mold pathogen, and the evaluation of ginger extract as a biopesticide against aphids on pepper crops. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to biological control and its application in agriculture and ecology.
6 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 6 articles above have been cited 7 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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