| the control of pests by interference with their ecological status, as by introducing a natural enemy or a pathogen into the environment. |
bi·o·con·trol  (bī'ō-kən-trōl')  n. See biological control. |
| biological control n. Control of pests by disrupting their ecological status, as through the use of organisms that are natural predators, parasites, or pathogens. Also called biocontrol. |
| biocontrol (bī'ō-kən-trōl') Pronunciation Key
See biological control. |
| biological control
Control of pests by disrupting their ecological status, as through the use of organisms that are natural predators, parasites, or pathogens. Examples of biocontrol include the use of ladybugs to prey on aphids and scale insects and the treatment of turf with spores of the bacterium Bacillus popilliae, which cause milky disease in Japanese beetle larvae. |
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