Science News, June 29th, 1985
Lessons from biological pest control
Agriculture's extensive experience with the introduction of biological agents for pest control can offer insight for the safe and effective release of genetically engineered organisms, says David Pimentel, an entomologist at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Around the world more than 100 programs employing natural, although perhaps foreign, enemies of targeted pests are considered fully effective. On the average, it has taken the introduction of about 20 parasites or predators to find one that is successful for pest control.
Pimentel has surveyed data...
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