Abstract
Mass-rearing of natural enemies often takes place in small companies with little know-how and understanding of conditions influencing performance, which may result in natural enemies of bad quality and failures with biological control. This makes robust quality control programmes a necessity. Background information is presented on the activity of mass-producing natural enemies, the emergence of the development of quality control worldwide is sketched, basic considerations for quality control are outlined and difficulties encountered when developing quality control are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Quality control and production of biological control agents: theory and testing procedures |
| Editors | J.C. van Lenteren |
| Publisher | CABI |
| Chapter | 1 |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780851996882 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2003 |