BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Biological control is an environmentally sound and effective means of reducing or mitigating pests and pest effects through the use of natural enemies. The aim of Biological Control is to promote this science and technology through publication of original research articles and reviews of research and theory. The journal devotes a section to reports on biotechnologies dealing with the elucidation and use of genes or gene products for the enhancement of biological control agents.The journal encompasses biological control of viral, microbial, nematode, insect, mite, weed, and vertebrate pests in agriculture, aquatic, forest, natural resource, stored product, and urban environments. Biological control of arthropod pests of human and domestic animals is also included. Ecological, molecular, and biotechnological approaches to the understanding of biological control are welcome.This multidisciplinary journal covers:Entomology:Parasitoids, predators, and pathogens and their use through importation, augmentation, and/or habitat management strategies Plant Pathology:Antagonism, competition, cross-protection, hyperparasitism, hypovirulence, and soil suppressiveness through naturally occurring and introduced agents Nematology:Predators, parasitoids, and pathogens in biological control through augmentation and/or habitat management strategies and suppressive soils through naturally occurring and introduced agents Weed Science:Vertebrates, invertebrates, and pathogens and their use through classical, augmentative, or bioherbicidal tacticsThe following sections are included:Molecular Technology:Advances in the understanding of biological control agents and their mechanisms Forum:Theoretical and special topics Letters to the Editors-serving as an avenue for debate.

生物控制是一种无害环境和有效的手段，通过使用天敌来减少或减轻有害生物和有害生物的影响。生物控制的目的是通过发表原创的研究论文和对研究和理论的综述来促进这一科学和技术。该杂志专门有一节是关于生物技术的报告，涉及阐明和使用基因或基因产品来增强生物控制剂。该杂志包括生物控制病毒，微生物，线虫，昆虫，螨，杂草，脊椎动物害虫在农业，水生，森林，自然资源，存储产品，和城市环境。还包括对人和家畜节肢动物害虫的生物防治。欢迎采用生态学、分子生物学和生物技术方法来理解生物控制。这本多学科杂志包括:昆虫学:拟寄生物、食肉动物和病原体，以及它们通过输入、增加和/或栖息地管理策略的使用植物病理学:拮抗、竞争、交叉保护、过寄生、低毒、通过自然发生和引入的药剂抑制土壤线虫学:天敌、拟寄生物和病原体，通过增加和/或栖息地管理策略进行生物控制，通过自然发生和引入的药剂抑制土壤杂草科学:脊椎动物、无脊椎动物和病原体，并通过经典的、增强的或生物除草剂策略来使用它们以下各节包括:分子技术:对生物控制制剂及其机制的认识进展论坛:给编辑的理论性和专题信件——作为辩论的渠道。