Book Description "Biological control: a global perspective": This book contains 45 chapters divided into four sections, i.e. classical biocontrol programmes, inundative (or augmentative) biocontrol programmes (using nematodes, bacteria, fungi and viruses), conservation biocontrol programmes and networking in biocontrol. It describes the personal experiences of scientists from the initial search for suitable control agents against weeds and pests, to the release of these biological control agents into ecosystems and finally to the beneficial outcomes demonstrating the success of biological control across diverse agroecosystems.
Book chapter: Generalist natural enemies can be key members of biological control programmes. We believe that importation of generalist natural enemies for biological control should be avoided, and that endemic natural enemies should be used instead. We summarize our progress developing a generalist mirid, Dicyphus hesperus, for biological control in greenhouse tomato crops. Our success in locating a generalist mirid which can fill a niche in protected culture illustrates the potential for such approaches. This predator satisfies four of five preconditions that we set when we started the project and could potentially be used successfully as part of biological control programmes in greenhouses in North America.
