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Agricultural cropping systems consist of patterns of crops and sets of commonly used practices, and these define the conditions under which natural enemies encounter their hosts in these systems. The details of these practices interact with the biologies and needs of natural enemies in many ways. The goal of conservation as a form of biological control is to enhance conditions for natural enemy survival and reproduction relative to pests so that pest population growth rates are lowered and pest densities reduced over time.
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Van Driesche, R.G., Bellows, T.S. (1996). Natural Enemy Conservation. In: Biological Control. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1157-7_7
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