Augmentation is a biological control strategy that can be used effectively against either native or exotic pests. Both economic and logistic constraints exist, but factors such as resistance to insecticides, increasing urbanization of farming areas, environmental concerns, and higher costs of new pesticides favor increased use of augmentation. Inundative releases of the pentatomid predators Perillus bioculatus (F.) and Podisus maculiventris (Say) have been shown to control the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say). Commercial availability and use of these predators will depend on development of better and more inexpensive rearing methods, and improved application techniques.
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Augmentation of Natural Enemies for Control of the Colorado Potato Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
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