biocontrol en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English control English biocontrol From bio- + control.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The biological control of pests by the use of organisms that are natural predators, parasites, or pathogens
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.
2022 September 6 (last accessed), United States Department of Agriculture, “Archived copy”, in AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| biocontrols | Number=Plur | lexicographic |