Causing disease to an insect

When you force a biological control agent to feed on an insect or mite that it would not feed on it in nature. This can allows for higher production levels.

How a pesticides kills.

Acaricide

The chemicals in a product that are principally responsible for the effects

Any substance in a formulation which enhances the effectiveness of the product

After an aphid has been parasitized by a tiny parasitic wasp, the aphid body will turn tan in color and become more round.  Inside the beneficial wasp will compete its life cycle before exiting out th [..]

Some biological control agents are reared on a man made food that makes the rearing process more economical and more consistent.

A bacteria that has been isolated from the soil that is used as an insecticide.  The pests must ingest this bacterium in order for it to kill the insect. There are different varieties of Bt commercial [..]

A single-celled microscopic plant-like organism that does not produce chlorophyll. It can cause disease in plants or in insects.