Inundative application of a

biological control Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, whether pest animals such as insects and mites, weeds, or pathogens affecting animals or plants by using other organisms. It relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or o ...

or natural enemy of a pest refers to the release of overwhelming numbers of a mass-produced

biological control agent Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, whether pest animals such as insects and mites, weeds, or pathogens affecting animals or plants by using other organisms. It relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or ot ...

in the expectation of either achieving a rapid reduction of a pest population, or to improve the long-term survival of the biocontrol agent.

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