Biological Control

Dr Peter G. Mason is a Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Ottawa, Canada. The focus of his research is invasive alien species and importation biological control, with particular emphasis on host-range assessment and non-target impacts of parasitoids. He has served on the North American Plant Protection Organization Biological Expert Group and the International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC) Commission on Access and Benefit-Sharing. He is an Honorary Member of IOBC Global.

Introduction. HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL. 1 – The diversity of biological control agents. 2 – Conservation biological control. 3 – Importation biological control. 4 – Augmentative biological control. 5 – Unintended biological control. Biological control in the 21st century. 6 – Benefits and risks of biological control. 7 – Regulatory challenges for biological control. 8 – Access and benefit-sharing and biological control. 9 – Climate change and biological control. 10 – Taxonomy and biological control. SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL. 11 – Public perceptions of biological control. 12 – Economic impacts of biological control.13 – Uptake of biological control. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL SUCCESSES AND FAILURES. 14 – Biological control successes and failures – Oceania region. 15 – Biological control successes and failures – African region. 16 – Biological control successes and failures – Eurasian region. 17 – Biological control successes and failures – Indo-Pacific/Oriental region. 18 – Biological control successes and failures – North American region. 19 – Biological control successes and failures – Latin American region. FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL. 20 – Integrating pest management with biological control. 21 – Biological control as a conservation science. 22 – An evolutionary ecology synthesis for biological control. Index: Scientific names. Index: Common names. Index: Key words.