There
are many diseases, weeds and pests that damage crops at every stage of agricultural
production. Especially after the Second World War, with the production of many
new pesticides and application machines, an intensive use of pesticides has
emerged in the world. Accordingly, the damages of the plant protection products
used on the environment and human health have started to be seen. The increase
of people's awareness about safe food and environmental health makes it
necessary to develop and use environmentally friendly methods in agricultural
production. The plant protection will always exist. The plant protection should
be based on the view of respecting the right to life of the living kingdom.
Research
and education studies should be given importance for the widespread use of
biological and biotechnical methods. Biological control can be simply described
as "the use of beneficial organisms found in nature in the control against
harmful organisms that cause economic losses in plant production".
It
is known that 30-35% of the crop is lost on average when diseases and pests are
not control in crop production. This loss rate can reach 100% in pest organisms
that cause epidemics. Agricultural production is a difficult occupation. Despite
all the difficulties, we need to see the fact that we are facing two major
problems today, in addition to the existing plant protection problems. The most
important one,
- Pesticide
residue, the other is
- Increased
costs of plant protection.
A crop production sector that could not solve these
problems has no chance to be attractive, profitable and sustainable. The
solution to these two problems is Integrated Pest Control, which is accepted
all over the world. While Integrated Pest Management cannot be done without
biological control, it is technically a necessity to make integrated pest
management in an area where biological control is done.