CHAPTER 2 Flashcards
It is any activity of one specie that reduces the adverse effect of another.
Biological Control
It is the classical method of using biological control.
Introduction or Importation
What insect was introduced in California citrus groves from Australia to control Cottony Cushion Scale.
Vedalia Beetle
A mass culture or collection and release.
Augmentation
Multiple, but smaller releases.
Inoculative Release
It is a single release of a large number of natural enemies. It is a one-time reduction in pest numbers.
Inundative release
A microorganism that lives and feeds (parasitically) on or in a larger host organism thereby causes injury to it.
Pathogen
A parasitic insect that lives in or on and eventually kills another host insect.
Parasitoid
On the 3rd century, these ants were used to control Tesseratoma papillosa in the Canton area.
Oecophylla smaragdina
In what years did Biological Control agents were used in augmentation?
200 A.D. to 1,200 A.D.
Biological Control was beginning to be recognized.
1300 A.D. to 1799 A. D.
Advances were made in Europe during this time period.
1800 A.D. to 1849 A.D.
