This involves the use of natural enemies (bred specificly for this purpose) to fight pests and diseases. The natural enemies do this as follows:
- They suck the plague organism empty , such as the larva of the lacewing and the gall midge and the predatory mite
- They lay an egg in the plague organism, such as the parasitic wasp.
- They eat the pest organism, such as the larvae of the ladybug and the predatory bug
- They secrete toxic compounds into the plague or pest organism to make it ill in one or another way, such as nematodes and bacteria
| Pest
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Natural enemy
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| aphid
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parasitic wasp, ladybird, gall midge
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| Agromyzidae
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Ichneumonidae
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| Thrips
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predatory mite, assassin bug
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| whitefly
|
parasitic wasp, assassin bug, fungus
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| spider mite
|
predatory mite, gall midge
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| caterpillar
|
parasitic wasp, bacteria
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| Sciaridae
|
predatory mites, nematodes
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| mealybugs
|
parasitic wasp, predatory beetle
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| vine weevil
|
nematodes
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