ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND INTEGRATED CONTROL IN BRAZIL – PART 1

Abstract

Efforts to biologically control insect pests in Brazil though modest in the past have in recent years been increasing, and the future possibilities of biological control are most promising if certain facilities and conditions are provided. We shall deal here mainly with biological control. Biological control is a natural ecological phenomenon. It is the regulation of plant and animal numbers by natural enemies. Natural enemies are parasites, predators and pathogens.