Conservation biological control: putting natural enemies to work

Conservation biological control focuses on protecting and enhancing natural enemies that are already present in and around the crop.

Key principles

• Reduce disruption from broad-spectrum products
• Provide food and shelter through habitat such as flowering margins
• Monitor both pests and natural enemies before making control decisions

What it means in the field

Monitoring natural enemy numbers alongside pest counts helps growers and advisors decide when an intervention is genuinely needed.

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