{"id":4064,"date":"2016-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstascentstaging.com\/iwm2019\/biological-practices\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T10:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:29:20","slug":"biological-control","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/growiwm.org\/biological-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Biological Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"hero-block_5e5a7d60890fd\" class=\"row block-hero \">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-hero__container bg-image-cover\"\n\t\tstyle=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/growiwm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DSC_0186.jpg')\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"block-hero__text-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"block-hero__title\">Biological Control<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-hero__content\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"wp-block-classic\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n<p>Biological weed management&nbsp;means using living organisms to manage weeds. This&nbsp;most often involves releasing&nbsp;a specific biological control agent, such as an insect, nematode, fungi, or bacteria to a&nbsp;weed-infested area and allowing the agent to attack the weeds. This classical approach for biological control often takes a season or two for the impact to be noticeable.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-classic\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n<p>One of the few successful examples of biological control in agronomic crops is the commercial product Collego, a formulated plant fungus (<em>Colletotrichum gloeosporioides<\/em> f. sp. a<em>eschynomene<\/em>) that successfully killed northern jointvetch, but had no effect on other weeds species. However, due to such a narrow spectrum of control, there have been few commercial products developed for agronomic crops.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-classic\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n<p>Grazing by livestock is also a form of \u201cbiological weed control\u201d but grazing is not always effective when trying to target specific weeds. Most grazing animals are not selective feeders and will feed on their preferred plants, including crop plants.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-classic\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-image-container\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/growiwm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/livestock.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/growiwm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/livestock.jpg 518w, https:\/\/growiwm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/livestock-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><figcaption>Animals such as sheet and cattle have been used to management brush and undesirable vegetation. Use in cash crops is impractical due to their inability to only eat weeds and not eat or damage crop plants (Photo credit: James Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-classic\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n<p>Studies have shown some insects (ground beetles and crickets) and rodents will feed on weeds or weed seeds, potentially consuming large number of seeds. This requires a suitable habitat and weed seed availability when large number of these feeding insects or rodents are present.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-classic\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-image-container\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/growiwm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biological-control-beetles-rodents-1024x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/growiwm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biological-control-beetles-rodents-1024x366.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/growiwm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biological-control-beetles-rodents-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/growiwm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biological-control-beetles-rodents-768x275.jpg 768w, https:\/\/growiwm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biological-control-beetles-rodents.jpg 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Ground-dwelling insects like some beetle or cricket species will feed on weed seeds. Rodents also will consume significant number of weed seeds. (Photo: credits beetle by Eric Gallandt, University of Maine; field mouse, unknown source)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-classic\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n<p>While the conservation form of biological control can play a role in integrated weed management for grain crops, it is a difficult situation to manipulate. Conserving habitat for seed-feeding insects and rodents, including no-tillage and cover crops, is the best recommendation; however specific guidelines are currently lacking.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-classic\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n<p>For more information on biological control click on the button below:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-classic\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<section id=\"bulletin-block_61e58525b1d9e\" class=\"row block-bulletin aligncenter\">\n\t<div class=\"block-bulletin__container max-width-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-bulletin__item\" style=\"background-color:#004749\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-bulletin__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-bulletin__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBiological control\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-bulletin__link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/growiwm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IWMGUIDE-CHAPTER-9-BIOLOGICAL-CONTROL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDOWNLOAD HERE \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"wp-block-classic\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-heading\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#004749\" class=\"tadv-color\">Contributors<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-classic\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-list-container\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Annie Klodd<\/li><li>Lovreet Shergill<\/li><li>Mark VanGessel<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-classic\"><div class=\"max-width-row\">\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biological weed management&nbsp;means using living organisms to manage weeds. 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