Biocontrol
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Biocontrol is a noun meaning (biology) The biological control of pests by the use of organisms that are natural predators, parasites, or pathogens.
Meaning
(biology) The biological control of pests by the use of organisms that are natural predators, parasites, or pathogens.
More Meanings
- To exercise such control
Example Sentences
This included work on 3 species of Psyttalia and on Tetrastichus giffardii by S. Mohamed. Identifications were provided for biocontrol programs on olive fly, and we made several attempts to collect more olive fly parasitoids in Kenya.
Word Forms
- biocontrols
- biocontrolling
- biocontrolled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include biomonitoring, organic, biologic, biological, bioremediation, biotreatment.
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