The goal of biological control activities within APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) is to safeguard America's agricultural production and natural areas from significant economic losses and negative impacts caused by insects, other arthropods, nematodes, weeds, and diseases of regulatory significance to the federal government, state departments of agriculture, tribal governments, and cooperators within the continental United States and on American territories through the use of biological control agents. once established, populations are self-sustaining, and.it can be implemented as part of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program.it reduces the use of conventional pesticides.it is a very cost effective and environmentally sound method of pest control, especially compared to the broad-spectrum pesticides often used.

Biological control is a practical option for suppressing pest populations because: Biological control (biocontrol) involves the reduction of pest populations through the use of natural enemies such as parasitoids, predators, pathogens, antagonists, or competitors to suppress pest populations.

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