Lantana Lace Bug, Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae) by Dale H. Habeck, Frank W. Mead, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…The lantana lace bug has been introduced into many countries as a biological control agent to combat lantana. This document is EENY-246 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 156), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Swirski mite (suggested common name) Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Arachnida: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) by Mahmut Doğramaci, Garima Kakkar, Vivek Kumar, Jianjun Chen, Steven Arthurs

“…Amblyseius swirskii has attracted substantial interest as a biological control agent of mites, thrips and whiteflies in greenhouse and nursery crops and is currently reared and sold commercially in Europe and North America for this purpose. …”
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Swirski mite (suggested common name) Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Arachnida: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) by Mahmut Doğramaci, Garima Kakkar, Vivek Kumar, Jianjun Chen, Steven Arthurs

“…Amblyseius swirskii has attracted substantial interest as a biological control agent of mites, thrips and whiteflies in greenhouse and nursery crops and is currently reared and sold commercially in Europe and North America for this purpose. …”
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Managing Spider Mites in Florida Hops by Hugh A. Smith, Shinsuke Agehara

“…Information on chemical and biological control is provided. …”
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Green lacewings (of Florida) Neuroptera: Chrysopidae by Lionel A. Stange

“…For this reason, they are used widely in biological control. The adults are usually predators, but a few species only feed on pollen. …”
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Guidelines for Purchasing and Using Commercial Natural Enemies and Biopesticides in North America by Lynn M. LeBeck, Norman C. Leppla

“…Scientific and product names are provided both for insect and mite natural enemies and for some of the most common microbial insecticides, nematicides, and fungicides that can be used to manage pests. Biological control companies are listed along with their websites, and the guide provides additional sources of information on obtaining and using commercial natural enemies. …”
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Anagyrus pseudococci Girault (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) by Theresa Chormanski, Ronald D. Cave

“… Anagyrus pseudococci is an economically important biological control agent commonly used against the vine mealybug (which infests wine grapes) and the citrus mealybug. …”
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Ratio-dependent competitions between a Wolbachia-uninfected bisexual strain and Wolbachia-infected thelytokous strain of the egg parasitoid, Trichogramma dendrolimi Matsumura (Hyme... by Qian-Jin Dong, Yue He, Yu-Zhe Dong, Wu-Nan Che, Jin-Cheng Zhou, Hui Dong

“…The results will provide the reference for the usage of Wolbachia-infected thelytokous strain of T. dendrolimi in augmentative biological control programs.…”
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Discovery and Designation of Type Specimens of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) From Argentina Described by E. von Harold in 1875 by David G. Furth, Ingolf S. Askevold, Catherine N. Duckett

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Professional Disease Management Guide for Ornamental Plants by S. D. Bledsoe, Phil F. Harmon, Robert J. McGovern

“…Management tactics are outlined under the following key components of an IPM program: prevention, cultural control, scouting, physical control, biological control, and chemical control. Tables 1 - 4 contain important information on commercial products currently available for the management of diseases in ornamental plants. …”
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Salvinia weevil, Cyrtobagous salviniae (Calder & Sands) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Patricia Prade, Eutychus Kariuki, Adam Dale

“…This insect is an effective classical biological control agent used in several countries to control the invasive giant salvinia, Salvinia molesta (D. …”
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An Impulsive Two-Prey One-Predator System with Seasonal Effects by Hunki Baek

“…It is assumed that the impulsive perturbations act in a periodic fashion, the proportional impulses (the chemical controls) for all species and the constant impulse (the biological control) for the predator at different fixed time but, the same period. …”
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Hydrilla leaf mining flies (unofficial common name) Hydrellia spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Ephydridae) by Emma Weeks, James Cuda

“…In Florida, there are four species that have been associated with the invasive aquatic weed hydrilla: two native species and two species that were introduced for biological control of hydrilla. The native species are Hydrellia bilobifera Cresson and Hydrellia discursa Deonier. …”
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Brazilian Peppertree Thrips Pseudophilothrips ichini (Hood) (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) by Patricia Prade, Carey R Minteer, James P Cuda

“…This species has been studied for the last 20+ years as a potential biological control agent of Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi (Sapindales: Anacardiaceae), in Florida (Cuda et al. 2008; Cuda et al. 2008; Manrique at al. 2014; Wheeler et al. 2016a, b). …”
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Natural products for managing landscape and garden pests in Florida by Matthew A. Borden, Eileen A. Buss, Sydney G. Park Brown, Adam G. Dale

“…These products are most effective when used in an integrated pest management (IPM) program along with sanitation, proper cultural or maintenance practices, mechanical control tactics, use of resistant plant varieties, and biological control, when possible. …”
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Control Biológico Clásico de la Batata Aérea en la Florida by Ted D. Center, William A. Overholt, Eric Rohrig, Min Rayamajhi

“…This is the Spanish-language version of ENY-864/IN957: Classical Biological Control of Air Potato in Florida. Written by T. …”
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Effects of predation efficiencies on the dynamics of a tritrophic food chain by Maria Paola Cassinari, Maria Groppi, Claudio Tebaldi

“…Thebifurcations occurring are discussed, and their implications withreference to biological control problems are considered. Examplesof the rich dynamics exhibited by the model, including a chaoticregime, are described.…”
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Orange Spiny Whitefly, Aleurocanthus spiniferus Quaintance (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges, Greg S. Hodges

“…In the early 1920s, pest outbreak infestation levels caused Japan to begin a biological control program. Primarily, orange spiny whitefly affects host plants by sucking the sap but it also causes indirect damage by producing honeydew and subsequently promoting the growth of sooty mold. …”
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Effect of the Application Time of Paecilomyces spp. on t he Pressure of Root - Knot Nematodes ( Meloidogyne spp.) on Tomato ( Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.) by Winarto Winarto, Reflinaldon Reflinaldon

“…The study was carried out at greenhouse and Biological Control Laboratory of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Andalas from March to June 2015. …”
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The Dynamics of the Schoener-Polis-Holt model of Intra-Guild Predation by Eric Ruggieri, Sebastian J. Schreiber

“…Implications for biological control andcommunity ecology are discussed.…”
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