Recovery and Evaluation of Natural Enemies
Recovery and Evaluation of Natural Enemies
Recovery and Evaluation of Natural Enemies
OF NATURAL ENEMIES
Colonization
Refers to the field release and manipulation of imported natural enemies for their establishment,
and to favor their spread and increase in a new environment.
It provide adequate numbers of natural enemies to insure its demand and propagation that may
provide greatest coverage to kill target insect pest.
Insectary propagation of imported natural enemies used repeated introductions followed by their
direct and periodic release in the field.
Recovery
1. Recovery may take the form of field observations of the natural enemy.
2. Parasitoids may be reared from field-collected hosts.
3. Dissection of field-collected hosts may reveal parasitism, and sweep-net or suction
machine sampling for adult parasitoids and predators can reveal the species' presence in an
area.
Evaluation
There is continued efforts being made in biological control to devise techniques for quantitatively
evaluating the effect of natural enemies on pest populations in the field.