ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. 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.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include biomonitoring, organic, biologic, biological, bioremediation, biotreatment.

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