Southern Philippines Agri-business and

Marine and Aquatic School of

Technology
Biological Control – is the
suppression of pest by
utilizing its natural enemies
and other biological
organisms.
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Trichogrammatoidea cojuancoi N.
Egg parasitoid reportedly to be
Biological Control Agent active in Davao del Sur.
Conopomorpha Cramerella
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Cacao Mirid Bug Lynx Spider

(Helopeltis clavifer) (Oxyopes javanus T.)
Predatory in nature
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Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari), is Th e fi rst coffee berry borer

the most devastating insect pest parasitoid reported in the
of coffee throughout the world. literature was the bethylid
larvae feed on the coffee seeds Prorops nasuta
inside the berry, thus reducing
yield.
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Leucoptera coffeella is
considered one of the worst pest
species of coffee.
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Adult mango leafhoppers

(Idioscopus nagpurensis) are Parasitoids:
golden-brown, wedge-shaped Polynema spp.,
insects about 4-5 mm in length.
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The adult mealy bugs are Predators: Lady Bettle

covered with whitish powder and (Menochilus sexmaculatus)
colonize between bark of tree
trunk, young shoots and panicles
(Drosicha mangiferae)
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Among the insect pests mango Metarhizium anisopliae is a

inflorescence hoppers (Idioscopus fungus that grows naturally in
spp) at flowering is the most soils throughout the world and
serious.Infestation of the hoppers causes disease in various insects
cause withering of flowers by acting as a parasitoid
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Banana Wevil (Cosmopolites

sordidus) is considered to be one Predator :
of the most serious pests of (Plaesius javanus)
bananas (Stover and Simmonds,
1987). The insect can cause
100% yield loss.
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Red rust banana thrips
(Chaetanaphothrips signipennis)
has become a plague and
serious threat to the
sustainability of banana
production
Biological Control Agent
(Isaria fumorosea) is an
entomopathogenic fungus,
formerly known as (Paecilomyces
fumosoroseus). It shows promise
as a biological pesticide with an
extensive host range
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Pentalonia nigronervosa or
banana aphid can damage
plants by taking nutrients and Predator :
water from the plants by feeding
on their sap, by producing Chilomenes sexmaculatus
honeydew that attracts dark
fungi called sooty moulds, and
by spreading viruses.
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Asiatic Corn Borer larval stage is Predator:

when the severe damage occurs. Earwig
It is the longest (up to 30 days) (Euborellia annulata)
(Ostrinia furnacalis)
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Fall Armyworm (FAW) Females are egg parasitoids

(Spodoptera frugiperda) is an
insect pest with wide host range.
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Corn Leaf Aphid (Rhopalosiphum

maidis) are serious vectors of Predeator:
several diseases like maize dwarf Aphid lion
mosaic virus, and maize leaf fleak
virus (Chrysoperla carnea)
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(Chilo suppressalis), the Asiatic Scelionid wasp(parasitoid)

rice borer are largely (Telenomus sp.)
responsible for the great
reduction in the rice yield in Asia
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Golden apple snails (Pomacea Red ants feed on the snail eggs
canaliculata) eat young and (Solenopsis sp.)
emerging rice plants. They cut
the rice stem at the base,
destroying the whole plant.
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Serpentine Leaf Miner (Liriomyza

huidobrensis). Damage is caused Parasitoid:
by larval mining in the leaves (Tetrastichus spp)
and petioles. The photosynthetic
ability of the plants is often
greatly reduced as the
chlorophyll-containing cells are
destroyed.
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Diamondback moth (Plutella Diadegma

xylostella) is one of the most (Diadegmasemiclausum) is one of
destructive cosmopolitan insect the most succesfull biocon agent
pests of brassicaceous crops. in controlling DBM.
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Whiteflies are small Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides

of plant leaves. They comprise the family Aleyrodidae, the only family
in the superfamily Aleyrodoidea. More than 1550 species have been
described.