Biological control in Paraguay started in the 1980s with the use of a baculovirus for augmentative biocontrol of the soybean caterpillar and application of parasitoids to control the sugarcane borer. Since 2000, organic production has stimulated use of biocontrol. Also in 2000, large-scale prospecting for natural enemies and microbial control agents in crops such as cotton, maize, bean, peanut, sesame, soybean and sugarcane was initiated. Many natural enemies found during these prospecting activities are currently used in conservation biocontrol programmes. Several entomopathogenic and phytopathogenic agents have been registered and are used in Paraguay.
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