Biocontrol

Trissoclus japonicus

scientific name of BMSB egg parasitoid

samurai wasp

common name of BMSB egg parasitoid

predators, parasitoids, pathogens

three classes of biocontrol agents

conservation

biocontrol strategies that support existing enemies

classical

biocontrol strategies that introduce new enemies

augmentative

biocontrol strategies that mass-release enemies

vedalia beetle

common name of early biocontrol of cottony cushion scale

Rodolia cardinalis

scientific name for early biocontrol of cottony cushion scale

Icerya purchasi

scientific name of cottony cushion scale

citrus

host of cottony cushion scale

Trichogramma ostriniae

parasitoid of European corn borer

inoculative

type of augmentative control where release happens at a strategic time

inundative

type of augmentative control where release is huge

entomopathogenic nematodes

common control agent for soil-dwelling arthropods

Pseudactaeon tricuspis

parasitoid flies of red imported fire ants

Solenopsis invicta

scientific name for red imported fire ants

Harry Smith

person who coined “biological control”

Emerald Ash Borer

insect with a USDA-approved Russian parasitic wasp

Spathius galinae

USDA-approved Emerald Ash Borer biocontrol

Blair Bartlett

person who termed the coin “integrated control”

chemical and biological

control strategies included in integrated control

1919

year “biological control” was coined

1956

year “integrated control” was coined

entomophagous

consuming an insect

entomogenous

infecting or growing on an insect

Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control

CIBC

Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International

CABI

Hartig

first person to mass-produce parasitoids

Asa Fitch

person who advocated for introducing wheat midge parasitoids to the US

pineapple

crop where ants defend pests from natural enemies and increase disease transmission

mealybug wilt

major pathogen of pineapple in Hawaii

Opuntia

first weed controlled with biocontrol

Dactylopius

genus of scale used to control for Opuntia

India, Sri Lanka

countries involved in Opuntia biocontrol

Scelionidae, Mymaridae, Trichogrammatidae

Hymenoptera families that parasitize eggs

Baculovirus

common pathogen biocontrol for Lepidopterans

NPV

abbreviation for Baculovirus

fruit flies

eradicated on Rota using sterile insect technique

sterile insect technique

releasing sterile males to control population

carabidae

beetle family for slug biocontrol

Bacillus thuringiensis

bacteria known as Bt

Paranosema locusta

grasshopper biocontrol in US

St John’s Wort

invasive plant controlled by Chrysolina quadrigemina

cinnabar moth

biocontrol for tansy ragwort

autoparasitism

female parasitoids laying eggs in conspecifics

heteronomous hyperparasitism

form of auto parasitism where one sex develops only in conspecifics

adelphoparasitism

form of auto parasitism where the host and the parent are closely related

Mark Davidson

current deputy administrator of USDA APHIS PPQ

infective juvenile stage

name of free-living entomopathogenic nematode life stage

ectoparasitism, koinobiont

rare combination of characteristics that is seen in eulophidae

parthenium

genus of feverfew

curculionidae

used for biocontrol of giant salvinia

Tiphia vernalis, Tiphia popilliavora

Japanese beetle biocontrol wasps

Yellow-legged hornet

new invasive discovered in Georgia in 2023

CV Riley, 1889, cottony cushion scale and vedalia beetle

first American classical biocontrol

Trioza erytreae

pest that vectors citrus greening

PPQ 526

APHIS permit to transport and release biocontrol agents

Raghu Sathyamurthy

current president of IOBC

IOBC

international organization for biological control

Spodoptera

genus of moth that failed as a biocontrol for water lettuce

Trichoderma

fungus genus that controls for plant pathogens and insects

nectrotroph

organism that kills host and then feeds on it

neoclassical

biological control that uses non-native agents to control a native pest

Leptinotarsa

Colorado potato beetle genus

silver flies

potential hemlock wooly adelgid biocontrol

Chamaemyiidae

family of silver flies

Cryptochaetum iceryae

parasitoid that helped with cottony cushion scale

Italy

first European country to have red fire ant

natural

form of control with no human input

antagonist

name used for biocontrol agents of plant diseases

greyback cane beetle, French’s cane beetle

intended targets of cane toads in Australia