Biological Control: Another Alternative to Control Your Pests

The use of biological control prevents the use of toxic products to exterminate the annoying pests.

Even if you do not believe it, in the world of the pest everything is possible. Enemies come in different sizes and shapes; can be more or less harmful and their extermination can be more or less complicated. All these factors must be taken into consideration when deciding to end the pest that is ruining your garden, your crops and dares to enter your house..

Now is the time to decide what is the best option to get rid of these annoying little animals. Is known that there are several chemical substances capable of exterminating even the last red spider that may be in your garden; among them, you can find insecticides and acaricides, chemicals quite common in the extermination of pests. However, the use of these products comes with an additional negative cost: pollution. All these substances leave residual substances that are toxic; these can contaminate the environment and affect people’s health.

For this reason, it is necessary to find alternatives less toxic and more environmentally friendly. One option is the cellular pathway in which the use of pesticides is prohibited. In the case of pests, this alternative is known as biological control.

What is biological control?

Biological control is an activity in which other microorganisms are used to attack pests. In these cases, it involves small animals that are identified as natural enemies of those that damage our crops.They are also called predators, and their goal is to reduce or even eliminate parasites, without harming our plants.

When selecting this method of extermination, several factors should be taken into account: accurate pest identification; correct natural enemy identification; estimation of the current pest population; and evaluation of the natural enemy population that may be needed

Advantages and disadvantages

Regarding advantages, it is clear that this method ultimately reduces environmental pollution and health risks from toxic residues in crops by avoiding the use of any pesticides or chemical products. It is also a preventive method that can be used without causing any crop loss or elimination of other benign creatures, as natural enemies only attack the specific pest.

When it comes to disadvantages, this activity requires patience and a thorough study of the pest and its enemy, taking into account whether you are facing only one type or several types of pest. The biological control method may take longer to control a pest than when pesticides are used, as natural enemies just attack a kind of pest and can face a large population of it.

As you can see, this method may be slower, but equally efficient and less polluting. What is required is patience and a high awareness of the environment and its care. As the planet earth, there is only one, and you must know how to keep it and take care of it so that humans can remain on its lands for much longer.

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This method uses other microorganisms to exterminate pests

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