Control of Pests and Weeds by Natural Enemies: An Introduction to Biological Control

by RoyvanDriesche (Author), Mark Hoddle (Author), TedCenter (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2008

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  Biological control - utilizing a population of natural enemies to seasonally or permanently suppress pests - is not a new concept. The cottony cushion scale, which nearly destroyed the citrus industry of California, was controlled by an introduced predatory insect in the 1880s.