Table Of ContentBiological Control in Latin America and the Caribbean:
Its Rich History and Bright Future
CABI INVASIVES SERIES
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and background to the field, but also keeps them up to date with the latest research findings.
This series addresses all topics relating to invasive species, including biosecurity surveillance,
mapping and modelling, economics of invasive species and species interactions in plant invasions.
Aimed at researchers, upper-level students and policy makers, titles in the series provide inter-
national coverage of topics related to invasive species, including both a synthesis of facts and discus-
sions of future research perspectives and possible solutions.
Titles Available
1. Invasive Alien Plants: An Ecological Appraisal for the Indian Subcontinent
Edited by J.R. Bhatt, J.S. Singh, R.S. Tripathi, S.P. Singh and R.K. Kohli
2. Invasive Plant Ecology and Management: Linking Processes to Practice
Edited by T.A. Monaco and R.L. Sheley
3. Potential Invasive Pests of Agricultural Crops
Edited by J.E. Peña
4. Invasive Species and Global Climate Change
Edited by L.H. Ziska and J.S. Dukes
5. Bioenergy and Biological Invasions: Ecological, Agronomic and Policy Perspectives on
Minimizing Risk
Edited by L.D. Quinn, D.P. Matlaga and J.N. Barney
6. Biosecurity Surveillance: Quantitative Approaches
Edited by F. Jarrad, S.L. Choy and K. Mengersen
7. Pest Risk Modeling and Mapping for Invasive Alien Species
Edited by R.C. Venette
8. Invasive Alien Plants: Impacts on Development and Options for Management
Edited by C. Ellison, K.V. Sankaran and S. Murphy
9. Invasion Biology: Hypotheses and Evidence
Edited by J.M. Jeschke and T. Heger
10. Invasive Species and Human Health
Edited by G. Mazza and E. Tricarico
11. Parthenium Weed: Biology, Ecology and Management
Edited by S. Adkins, A. Shabbir and K. Dhileepan
12. Biological Control In Latin America and the Caribbean: Its Rich History and Bright Future
Edited by J.C. van Lenteren, V.H.P. Bueno, M. Gabriela Luna and Y.C. Colmenarez
Biological Control in Latin America
and the Caribbean: Its Rich History
and Bright Future
Edited by
Joop C. van Lenteren
Vanda H.P. Bueno
M. Gabriela Luna
and
Yelitza C. Colmenarez
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Names: Lenteren, J. C. van, editor. | Bueno, Vanda H. P., editor. | Colmenarez,
Yelitza C., editor. | Luna, M. Gabriela (Maria Gabriela), editor.
Title: Biological control in Latin America and the Caribbean : its rich
history and bright future / editors: Joop C. van Lenteren, Vanda H.P.
Bueno, Yelitza C. Colmenarez and M. Gabriela Luna.
Other titles: CABI invasive species series ; 12.
Description: Boston, MA : CAB International, [2020] | Series: CABI
invasives series ; 12 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary: “The book summarises the history of biological control in Latin
America and the Caribbean”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019047071 (print) | LCCN 2019047072 (ebook) | ISBN
9781789242430 (hardback) | ISBN 9781789242447 (ebk) | ISBN 9781789242454
(epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Pests--Biological control--Latin America. |
Pests--Biological control--Caribbean Area.
Classification: LCC SB975 .B562 2020 (print) | LCC SB975 (ebook) | DDC
632/.96--dc23
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Contents
About the Editors ix
List of Contributors xi
Foreword xv
Preface xvii
Dedication and Acknowledgements xix
Glossary xxi
1. Biological Control in Latin America and the Caribbean: Information
Sources, Organizations, Types and Approaches in Biological Control 1
J.C. van Lenteren, V.H.P. Bueno, M.G. Luna and Y.C. Colmenarez
2. Biological Control in Argentina 21
N.M. Greco, G. Cabrera Walsh and M.G. Luna
3. Biological Control in Barbados 43
J.C. van Lenteren and Y.C. Colmenarez
4. Biological Control in Belize 58
E.E. Sosa, F. Blanco and J.C. van Lenteren
5. Biological Control in Bolivia 64
J.P. Franco, L.V. Crespo, Y.C. Colmenarez and J.C. van Lenteren
6. Biological Control in Brazil 78
V.H.P. Bueno, J.R.P. Parra, W. Bettiol and J.C. van Lenteren
7. Biological Control in Chile 108
L. Barra-Bucarei, L. Devotto Moreno and A.F. Iglesias
8. Biological Control in Colombia 124
T. Kondo, M.R. Manzano and A. Marina Cotes
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9. Biological control in Costa Rica 162
H. Blanco-Metzler and R. Morera-Montoya
10. Biological Control in Cuba 176
M.E. Márquez, L.L. Vázquez, M. Rodríguez, J.L. Ayala Sifontes, F. Fuentes,
M. Ramos, L. Hidalgo and L. Herrera
11. Biological Control in Dominica 194
J.C. van Lenteren
12. Biological Control in the Dominican Republic 199
C. Serra and J.C. van Lenteren
13. Biological Control in Continental Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands 220
C.C. Castillo, P. Gallegos and C.E. Causton
14. Biological Control in El Salvador 245
J.C. van Lenteren
15. Biological Control in French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique 251
P. Ryckewaert and J. Vayssières
16. Biological Control in Guatemala 261
J.C. van Lenteren
17. Biological Control in Guyana 266
J.C. van Lenteren
18. Biological Control in Haiti 271
P. Ryckewaert and J.C. van Lenteren
19. Biological Control in Honduras 275
R. Trabanino, A. Pitty and R.D. Cave
20. Biological Control in Jamaica 290
M.A. Sherwood and J.C. van Lenteren
21. Biological Control in Mexico 308
H.C. Arredondo-Bernal and B. Rodríguez-Vélez
22. Biological Control in Nicaragua 336
P. Castillo
23. Biological Control in Panama 345
B. Zachrisson and A. Barba
24. Biological Control in Paraguay 354
C.C.C. Antúnez, G.R. Romero and V.A.G. López
25. Biological Control in Peru 369
N. Mujica and M. Whu
26. Biological Control in Puerto Rico 390
M. Ramos, O. Ramos-Rodriguez and F. Gallardo-Covas
27. Biological Control in the Remaining Caribbean Islands 403
J.C. van Lenteren and V.H.P. Bueno
Contents vii
28. Biological Control in Suriname 426
A. van Sauers-Muller and M. Jagroep
29. Biological Control in Trinidad and Tobago 437
A. Khan and W. Isaac
30. Biological Control in Uruguay 447
C. Basso, A. Ribeiro, X. Cibils, W. Chiaravalle and K. Punschke
31. Biological Control in Venezuela 457
C. Vásquez, F. Ferrer, Y.C. Colmenarez and J. Morales Sanchez
32. The Uptake of Biological Control in Latin America and the Caribbean 473
J.C. van Lenteren and M.J.W. Cock
Index 509
Supplementary material:
(1) PDFs of reports and publications in Spanish
(2) A list of areas under biocontrol per crop per country
(3) A list of all organisms mentioned in the book with author names, order, family, c ommon name
and chapter in which the organism is mentioned
(4) List of countries with classical biocontrol introductions
(5) List of introductions for classical biocontrol per decade
(6) List of addenda and corrections
These resources can be found at: https://www.cabi.org/openresources/42430
About the Editors
The editors of this book all have many years of experience with biological control in the Latin
American region.
Vanda H.P. Bueno is Full Professor of Biological Control of Pests at the Federal University of Lavras,
Minas Gerais, Brazil. She was initially working on natural enemies of forest pests and pests in
coffee plantations, but subsequently switched to augmentative biocontrol in protected cultures.
She was a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley, USA. Currently, she studies Neotropical predatory
mirids for pests such as Tuta absoluta and whitefly in tomato. She has supervised many Brazilian,
Colombian, Cuban and Dutch BSc, MSc and PhD students, published 150 peer-reviewed papers
and 19 book chapters and produced two editions of the book Biological Control of Pests: Mass Pro-
duction and Quality Control. She is an active member of the Neotropical Regional Section of IOBC
(IOBC-NTRS) where her previous roles were president and treasurer; she is now vice-president of
IOBC-Global.
Yelitza C. Colmenarez is a specialist in sustainable production – she is heavily involved in biological
control and plant protection techniques, with more than 15 years of experience working with
multidisciplinary teams, developing international cooperation projects and establishing sustain-
able production programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean. She has published 15 peer-
reviewed papers and ten book chapters, edited a book on Biological Control of Plant Diseases in Latin
America and the Caribbean, developed a Field Guide for Identification of Natural Enemies and con-
ducted 35 international cooperation projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. Currently, she
is the CABI Latin America Centre Director and also works as past president and advisor of IOBC-
NTRS.
María Gabriela Luna is a researcher at CEPAVE (CONICET-UNLP-asociado CIC-BA), La Plata, Ar-
gentina, and professor at UNLP and UNSAdA, Argentina. Her interest in agroecology, entomology
and biological control led to studies of parasitoid insects and to evaluating their potential as nat-
ural enemies of pests in field and protected crops. She was a postdoctoral fellow at UC Irvine, USA.
Currently, she is involved in projects to develop augmentative biological control for Tuta absolu-
ta by means of parasitoid species. She has supervised ten MSc and PhD students and published
over 30 peer-reviewed papers and two book chapters. She acts in Academic and Counseling
committees at UNLP, UNSAdA, CONICET and IOBC-NTRS. She was the secretary of the Executive
Committee of IOBC/NTRS from 2010 to 2018.
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