Definition of "biocontrol" [biocontrol]

• See biological control. (noun)

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• "To further the point Lefty makes, bioethicists are also involved in animal care, genetically modified organisms, biocontrol of pests, and professional behavior (e.g. maintaining the integrity of data, public access issues, etc.)."
• "There is therefore a danger that the continued organic pollution of the lake may reverse the success achieved so far using biocontrol methods to control the water hyacinth."
• "Euglandina was introduced in the vain hope that it would control the African snail Achatina, and Murray et al. were able to document the extinction of their experimental animals as Euglandina spread across the islands, leaving us with what is probably the nest-documented case of a biocontrol program gone tragically astray."