Biological weed control attempts to reduce population densities of noxious weeds to a level below thresholds of economic damage by introducing and establishing foreign herbivorous organisms as control agents. Successful control of target weeds using phytophagous insects has so far been achieved in more th...
Species that attack unwanted plants and feed on the eggs, immature stages, and adults of injurious insects include most assassin bugs, nabid bugs, anthocorid bugs, stinkbugs, and plant bugs. These heteropterans are used in biological control of noxious weeds and injurious insects.Harmful...