BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Who is known as Father of Biological Control?

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Charles Dicken

• Charles V. Riley

• Charles Brockman II

Natural enemies for biological control use include the list below;

• Parasitoid

• Predator

• Prey

• Pathogen

Periodic release of Augmentation include the list below;

• Inoculative release

• Innovative release

• Inundative release

• Impressional release

Which one is the example for Neoclassical biological control strategy?

• In Canada, larch sawfly Peristiphora erichsonii was controlled by ichneumonid wasp, Mesoleius tenthredinus

• Predatory mites Phytosieulus persimilis used to control spotted spider mite

• Spotted lady beetle Caliomegilla maculata feed on eggs and larvae of the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decimlineata

• Controlling Icerya purchase (cottony cushion scale) in Australia using a predatory insect Rodoria cardinalis

What does it mean by Classical biological control strategy?

• The increase/import /add in of native agents to control the native or exotic pest

• The use of exotic biological agents imported from its native home into the target area against exotic pest that have arrived without their natural enemies

• The use of exotic biological control agents against a native pest

• The introduction of pests natural enemy to a new location where they do not occur naturally

Antagonistic microorganism for biological control include..

• Trichoderma

• Penicillium

• Bacillus

• Acetobacter

What is the biological control agent used to fight Rhizoctonia in cucumber seedlings?

• Phytosieulus

• Trichogamma

• Trichoderma

• Peristiphora

The advantages of Biological Control are...

• All pest can be controlled

• Eliminate entire pest population

• Feed target organism

• Safer for farming community

Which one is not desirable characteristic for natural enemies?

• Long life cycle

• Host specificity

• Adaptability

• Good searching ability