Biocontrol Intervention Description
Botanical pesticides Insecticidal compounds in the form of water, oil or powder extracted from the leaves, seeds, pods, roots, bark, flower, or fruits, of plants known to have pesticidal properties either from cultural knowledge or laboratory experiment
Augmentation/ Introduction
Increase the number of parasitoids, predators or entomopathogens by releasing the natural enemy (introduction, inoculation, inundation) or by supplying their food resources
Intercropping Simultaneous cultivation of plant species in the same field for most of their growing period. e.g., cereal and beans or other food plants
Push-pull Intercropping of maize or other crops with perennial fodder legumes (e.g., Desmodium spp) to repel (push) pests. A trap crop, a perennial fodder (Napier or Brachiaria spp.) is planted around the plot to attract (pull) pests away from the crop
Field margins Strip of land between the crop and the field boundaries sown with wildflowers and/or legumes, grass only or naturally regenerated
Landscape effect The effect of distance of cultivated areas to natural habitat, non-crop habitat and/or landscape complexity on the delivery of biocontrol