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This article leads off with issues/problems with Biological pest control. It should start with more of a useful description of the topic for people who want to know about the subject before the soapbox is mounted. Yes there are problems however the use of biological controls is generally more environmentally concious than chemical control methods. 198.103.184.76 ( talk)strider22 —Preceding undated comment added 21:10, 29 February 2012 (UTC).
people keep mentioning ladybugs as a bio control agent, however i have heard that ladybugs are rarely used as a weevil is a lot more efficient. is lady bug the best organism to be talking about then?-- Hypo Mix 08:27, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Most of this article (including pictures, formatting and references) is directly lifted from an Answers.com article on the subject. Answers.com article Dr. Root 19:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
I checked on this reference and it appears that the search engine at Answers.com was simply referencing the wikipedia article on the subject, thus it is a copy of the wikipedia article rather than the other way around.-- botanybob 20:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC) bffdbfdbfgdzfgvcdmjcghmgchmch
What about the adverse effects of introducing species/ diseases as biological control? I think a section on this would be useful.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.250.154.228 ( talk) 18:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC).
Definitely need something on cane toads-- 58.6.95.17 ( talk) 11:57, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I fixed the external link to the Cane Toads page so it now points to the intended page instead the ever-popular 404 66.216.234.115 ( talk) 23:46, 4 October 2009 (UTC) This stuff i plagirized — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.0.3.33 ( talk) 17:49, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
"It has a tapering segmented grey/black body with orange/yellow markings nettles in the garden and by leaving hollow stems and some plant debris over-winter so that they can hibernate over winter."???
"seek out and Parasitize slugs": small P.
Biological control is used and studied in a much wider context than organic gardening. For example, it has become the standard method of pest control on several commercial greenhouse crops such as tomatoes. It is also the subject of a large body of research work in applied entomology. As someone who works and has done research in this field, I found it odd that the introduction to this article is actually about organic gardening. It seems to me that the introduction should be about biological control in general, and its use in organic (or non-organic gardening for that matter) should be given as an example.
There is one mention of the fungus Trichoderma on the page. Should also be linked to Entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), and others. Nemetona 18:02, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
See biopesticide Roy Bateman ( talk) 17:34, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
It may also be useful to have some background information on the history of and development of biological control. This will help establish the scientific basis of this field. Some mention should be made of Paul DeBach's work and his colleague's and students. He was very influential in developing the field based on good scientific and technological foundations. For a brief summary of his work see Paul DeBach Trebot 17:13, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
I do not believe that this section is well tied to the topic of biological control. Initial bullets are good, but the list of pest-repellant and deterrant plants goes beyond the topic. The effectiveness of this approach is highly questionable and methods are poorly documented. I would like to remove the table from this section and focus on the use of plants to provide food and habitat for beneficial organisms. Any other thoughts? -- botanybob 21:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
I think there is a mistake on references. The article of Collier et al. 2003 is more an article of T. Collier et R. Van Steenwyk -2004- A critical evaluation of augmentative biological control. Biological Control (31): 245-256 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.134.169.113 ( talk) 14:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I removed "Other fungi ... evoke stress response of the plant facilitating further plant defence reactions. citation needed" - agree citation needed Roy Bateman ( talk) 17:32, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Pleasantly surprised to see our website listed as a reference in Wikipedia! But we have formally changed our name and web address. Can you please update our link (formerly FDR Project) to:
http://www.frogsafe.org.au/cane_toads/ In particular, our page on the attempted biological control project against the cane toad is:
http://www.frogsafe.org.au/cane_toads/toad_virus.shtml Thanks. Deborah Pergolotti, President, Frog Safe, Inc.
Frogsafe (
talk)
02:05, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
Please include :
as natural predators and
as a mould
into the article. perhaps it is already best to put on seperate page. Thanks.
KVDP ( talk) 14:27, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I am looking for some reviews for the article rabbit haemorrhagic disease. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisakauth ( talk • contribs) 17:22, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Copper oxide chloride also seems to be used frequenly as a (semi?)-biological pest control agent. Please include
Information from following booklet may be translated by google translate and included: http://www.west-vlaanderen.be/upload/povlt/site-2007/PDF/publicaties/vijand/VGW-2007.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.66.60.196 ( talk) 14:47, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Octopamine is considered an exciting target for new insecticides primarily because for many years it was thought to be absent in vertebrates. This leads most researchers to jump to the conclusion that it is not effective in vertebrates. However, this does not necessarily have to be the case. Several review papers discuss octopamine's watershed dichotomy between vertebrates and invertebrates.
Octopamine in invertebrates and vertebrates. A review. JC David, JF Coulon - Prog Neurobiol, 1985 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Prog Neurobiol. 1985;24(2):141-85
TYRAMINE AND OCTOPAMINE: Ruling Behavior and Metabolism T Roeder - Annual Review of Entomology, 2005 - Annual Reviews
The possible role of octopamine as a synaptic transmitter: a review. TP Hicks - Can J Physiol Pharmacol, 1977 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
But whatever the findings, the dichotomy remains due to size differences between terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.173.216.69 ( talk) 06:47, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Here's an example, wasps used in Thailand to protect agriculture: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/world/asia/19thai.html
Dhollm ( talk) 19:01, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
It seems to me it would be interesting to create a category to list cities that do regular annual municipal pest control, both biological and chemical. Whitehorse applies biological mosquito control as one of their stated municipal programs on their city website, alongside water and sewage and emergency services. It is well described/presented, so I linked that program to this page. A category for all such cities I think would be very interesting. Thoughts?-- Tallard ( talk) 10:31, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
as off-shoots from the Conservation section; here are following useful extra article; they can perhaps be added in the see also or external links section:
KVDP ( talk) 14:53, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
I added this link:
See also here.
I think we need to mention that simply "doing nothing" in certain areas of the farmland (ie if it's land with trees ((rain)forest) ) can also provide bio pest control. This seems to me to be much more cost-effective than providing bio pest control using some artificial way. KVDP ( talk) 07:25, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
KVDP ( talk) 09:15, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
Tries to cover too large a topic. Topic wanders focuses mostly on bugs - though i got here searching for weed control. It names weed control then says nothing about it - waste of time looking.
No good or specific advice is given except the obvious: get rid of it somehow, by one of the plainly obvious methods. Did NOT mention the most obvious: manually.
THE WORSE: SUGGESTS GOVERNMENT IS THE PRIMARY PROVIDER OF PEST AND WEED CONTROL.
Hiding rant
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That's the most jackass thing i've ever heard. and btw importation of species by gov has as often caused DEVISTATION and cost as it has improvement. what a facist. |
One name drop product is given but not competetors, also that is wrong to do in article as well.
GOVERNMENT
a government monopoly INTENTIONALLY PLANTED the weeds i'm LEARNING to get rid of - it's well known in my area they did. GOVERNMENT
AFTER i asked the "agent" not to plant anything and he offered an explanation it was not weed.
Bugs, some pests that eat plants
Often local authorities keep track of certain pests and have a plan ready. Though there may be other remedies.
Weeds, De-thatching
Weeds have weak roots and thus pull easier than grass. Thus if dethatched and corrections are made (sun, seeding, soil) the grass should win with thatching.
See heavy duty rake: Rake (tool) and lawn devices about dethatching.
Lawn chemicals work by the same principle, they constrict root systems to a point in which weaker roots do less well. Some chemicals are safe for the environment others not so much, none are safe around small children. If you have a soar throat: stop.
Lawncare experts use both chemicals and de-thatching, and of course farming and planning as said above. 72.219.202.186 ( talk) 13:40, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
The article is receiving additions from several students at the moment. These are individually quite well organised and cited, but there are obvious questions of balance and lack of top-level planning – among other things, the changes are not being reflected in the lead, and placement seems to be random from the point of view of the subject as a whole. While I sympathize with the general idea of making Wikipedia an educational tool, the lack of co-ordination at article level is an issue. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 08:30, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
Article on Earwig does not talk about it being a beneficial enemy of a pest. It is mostly referred to as a pest. Article on Biological Pest Control mentions it as a predator that should be encouraged in gardens by hanging a upside down flower pot full of straw or wood dust. Both are marked good articles. Uralunlucayakli ( talk) 18:38, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
There are definitional problems to this article. The first sentence that enumerates certain species that are used by humans for biological pest control seems arbitrary. Why are, for example, no cats included that were domesticated by humans very early on against mice? Gun Powder Ma ( talk) 14:59, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Pestiphages ( Latin: pestis «pest» + greek. φαγεῖν «to eat») [1], — introduced organisms, that destroy pest organisms in agroecosystems. Pestiphages are an important biological component of agrobiodiversity and have a substantial role in ecologization of agriculture. Pest organisms of agrocenosis and pestiphages are in detrimental type of biological interaction. The inhibitive influence of pestiphages have bioregulated the populations of pest organisms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hovsep Grigoryan ( talk • contribs) 21:28, 1 January 2021 (UTC) Hovsep Grigoryan ( talk) 21:33, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
References
Hi IBMA and @ Viewmont Viking: It looks like IBMA is here to promote their own organization. Nonetheless I think this edit was mostly appropriate. The IBMA seems relevant to this page. I suggest we just leave the Bacillus thuringiensis link out because that's already mentioned in the article. Invasive Spices ( talk) 19:22, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi,
The effects of the small Asian mongoose uses a regular news article without peer reviewed research. Other peer review studies (Hays & Conant 2007 [1] and references within) have discussed that the mongoose has in fact reduced the rat population on the cane fields as originally intended but most certainly have also attacked non-targeted species as well.
If the intent is to show negative impacts then this should discuss other non-target species. If the intent is to point to document the lack of regulation at the time, then the reference to the news article can stay.
References
"Biological control" is by an order of magnitude the most common name for this topic. It should never have been moved to "Biological pest control". I'll revert it now. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 14:54, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
KoA, you appear to be asserting that a pathogen, something that causes disease, is a kind of pest. In that case, a person who works to prevent or treat disease is a pest control agent: better tell the vaccinators, pharmacists, doctors, nurses, and vets that they're pest controllers then. Joking apart, this simply isn't normal usage. A pest is a rather loosely defined thing, something that's basically a nuisance to someone, whether a farmer (spray it), a holidaymaker (rub on some mosquito repellent), or someone riding the metro (tread on their foot). A pathogen is a disease agent, like a malaria parasite, a coronavirus, a streptococcus bacterium. Honestly, we don't call treating those "pest control". I'll tweak the text, if you don't mind. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 19:49, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
Pest control is the regulation or management of a species defined as a pest; such as any animal, plant or fungus that impacts adversely on human activities or environment.Whether it's agriculture, conservation, public health, etc. there's a pretty wide diversity of pests out there. KoA ( talk) 19:59, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
![]() | Biological pest control has been listed as one of the Agriculture, food and drink good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. | |||||||||
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![]() | A
fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the "
Did you know?" column on
May 12, 2017. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that proteins from
a bacterium toxic to pests have been incorporated into crop plants for
biological pest control? |
![]() | This ![]() It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
![]() | Text and/or other creative content from this version of Biological pest control was copied or moved into Life sciences with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. |
![]() | This article was previously a WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening collaboration of the month. |
![]() | The content of this article has been derived in whole or part from Fruit Fly Organization Newsletter. Permission has been received from the copyright holder to release this material . Evidence of this has been confirmed and stored by
VRT volunteers, under ticket number
2014010910012139. April 2014 This template is used by approved volunteers dealing with the Wikimedia volunteer response team system (VRTS) after receipt of a clear statement of permission at permissions-en ![]() |
This article leads off with issues/problems with Biological pest control. It should start with more of a useful description of the topic for people who want to know about the subject before the soapbox is mounted. Yes there are problems however the use of biological controls is generally more environmentally concious than chemical control methods. 198.103.184.76 ( talk)strider22 —Preceding undated comment added 21:10, 29 February 2012 (UTC).
people keep mentioning ladybugs as a bio control agent, however i have heard that ladybugs are rarely used as a weevil is a lot more efficient. is lady bug the best organism to be talking about then?-- Hypo Mix 08:27, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Most of this article (including pictures, formatting and references) is directly lifted from an Answers.com article on the subject. Answers.com article Dr. Root 19:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
I checked on this reference and it appears that the search engine at Answers.com was simply referencing the wikipedia article on the subject, thus it is a copy of the wikipedia article rather than the other way around.-- botanybob 20:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC) bffdbfdbfgdzfgvcdmjcghmgchmch
What about the adverse effects of introducing species/ diseases as biological control? I think a section on this would be useful.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.250.154.228 ( talk) 18:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC).
Definitely need something on cane toads-- 58.6.95.17 ( talk) 11:57, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I fixed the external link to the Cane Toads page so it now points to the intended page instead the ever-popular 404 66.216.234.115 ( talk) 23:46, 4 October 2009 (UTC) This stuff i plagirized — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.0.3.33 ( talk) 17:49, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
"It has a tapering segmented grey/black body with orange/yellow markings nettles in the garden and by leaving hollow stems and some plant debris over-winter so that they can hibernate over winter."???
"seek out and Parasitize slugs": small P.
Biological control is used and studied in a much wider context than organic gardening. For example, it has become the standard method of pest control on several commercial greenhouse crops such as tomatoes. It is also the subject of a large body of research work in applied entomology. As someone who works and has done research in this field, I found it odd that the introduction to this article is actually about organic gardening. It seems to me that the introduction should be about biological control in general, and its use in organic (or non-organic gardening for that matter) should be given as an example.
There is one mention of the fungus Trichoderma on the page. Should also be linked to Entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), and others. Nemetona 18:02, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
See biopesticide Roy Bateman ( talk) 17:34, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
It may also be useful to have some background information on the history of and development of biological control. This will help establish the scientific basis of this field. Some mention should be made of Paul DeBach's work and his colleague's and students. He was very influential in developing the field based on good scientific and technological foundations. For a brief summary of his work see Paul DeBach Trebot 17:13, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
I do not believe that this section is well tied to the topic of biological control. Initial bullets are good, but the list of pest-repellant and deterrant plants goes beyond the topic. The effectiveness of this approach is highly questionable and methods are poorly documented. I would like to remove the table from this section and focus on the use of plants to provide food and habitat for beneficial organisms. Any other thoughts? -- botanybob 21:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
I think there is a mistake on references. The article of Collier et al. 2003 is more an article of T. Collier et R. Van Steenwyk -2004- A critical evaluation of augmentative biological control. Biological Control (31): 245-256 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.134.169.113 ( talk) 14:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I removed "Other fungi ... evoke stress response of the plant facilitating further plant defence reactions. citation needed" - agree citation needed Roy Bateman ( talk) 17:32, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Pleasantly surprised to see our website listed as a reference in Wikipedia! But we have formally changed our name and web address. Can you please update our link (formerly FDR Project) to:
http://www.frogsafe.org.au/cane_toads/ In particular, our page on the attempted biological control project against the cane toad is:
http://www.frogsafe.org.au/cane_toads/toad_virus.shtml Thanks. Deborah Pergolotti, President, Frog Safe, Inc.
Frogsafe (
talk)
02:05, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
Please include :
as natural predators and
as a mould
into the article. perhaps it is already best to put on seperate page. Thanks.
KVDP ( talk) 14:27, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I am looking for some reviews for the article rabbit haemorrhagic disease. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisakauth ( talk • contribs) 17:22, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Copper oxide chloride also seems to be used frequenly as a (semi?)-biological pest control agent. Please include
Information from following booklet may be translated by google translate and included: http://www.west-vlaanderen.be/upload/povlt/site-2007/PDF/publicaties/vijand/VGW-2007.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.66.60.196 ( talk) 14:47, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
Octopamine is considered an exciting target for new insecticides primarily because for many years it was thought to be absent in vertebrates. This leads most researchers to jump to the conclusion that it is not effective in vertebrates. However, this does not necessarily have to be the case. Several review papers discuss octopamine's watershed dichotomy between vertebrates and invertebrates.
Octopamine in invertebrates and vertebrates. A review. JC David, JF Coulon - Prog Neurobiol, 1985 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Prog Neurobiol. 1985;24(2):141-85
TYRAMINE AND OCTOPAMINE: Ruling Behavior and Metabolism T Roeder - Annual Review of Entomology, 2005 - Annual Reviews
The possible role of octopamine as a synaptic transmitter: a review. TP Hicks - Can J Physiol Pharmacol, 1977 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
But whatever the findings, the dichotomy remains due to size differences between terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.173.216.69 ( talk) 06:47, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Here's an example, wasps used in Thailand to protect agriculture: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/world/asia/19thai.html
Dhollm ( talk) 19:01, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
It seems to me it would be interesting to create a category to list cities that do regular annual municipal pest control, both biological and chemical. Whitehorse applies biological mosquito control as one of their stated municipal programs on their city website, alongside water and sewage and emergency services. It is well described/presented, so I linked that program to this page. A category for all such cities I think would be very interesting. Thoughts?-- Tallard ( talk) 10:31, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
as off-shoots from the Conservation section; here are following useful extra article; they can perhaps be added in the see also or external links section:
KVDP ( talk) 14:53, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
I added this link:
See also here.
I think we need to mention that simply "doing nothing" in certain areas of the farmland (ie if it's land with trees ((rain)forest) ) can also provide bio pest control. This seems to me to be much more cost-effective than providing bio pest control using some artificial way. KVDP ( talk) 07:25, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
KVDP ( talk) 09:15, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
Tries to cover too large a topic. Topic wanders focuses mostly on bugs - though i got here searching for weed control. It names weed control then says nothing about it - waste of time looking.
No good or specific advice is given except the obvious: get rid of it somehow, by one of the plainly obvious methods. Did NOT mention the most obvious: manually.
THE WORSE: SUGGESTS GOVERNMENT IS THE PRIMARY PROVIDER OF PEST AND WEED CONTROL.
Hiding rant
|
---|
That's the most jackass thing i've ever heard. and btw importation of species by gov has as often caused DEVISTATION and cost as it has improvement. what a facist. |
One name drop product is given but not competetors, also that is wrong to do in article as well.
GOVERNMENT
a government monopoly INTENTIONALLY PLANTED the weeds i'm LEARNING to get rid of - it's well known in my area they did. GOVERNMENT
AFTER i asked the "agent" not to plant anything and he offered an explanation it was not weed.
Bugs, some pests that eat plants
Often local authorities keep track of certain pests and have a plan ready. Though there may be other remedies.
Weeds, De-thatching
Weeds have weak roots and thus pull easier than grass. Thus if dethatched and corrections are made (sun, seeding, soil) the grass should win with thatching.
See heavy duty rake: Rake (tool) and lawn devices about dethatching.
Lawn chemicals work by the same principle, they constrict root systems to a point in which weaker roots do less well. Some chemicals are safe for the environment others not so much, none are safe around small children. If you have a soar throat: stop.
Lawncare experts use both chemicals and de-thatching, and of course farming and planning as said above. 72.219.202.186 ( talk) 13:40, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
The article is receiving additions from several students at the moment. These are individually quite well organised and cited, but there are obvious questions of balance and lack of top-level planning – among other things, the changes are not being reflected in the lead, and placement seems to be random from the point of view of the subject as a whole. While I sympathize with the general idea of making Wikipedia an educational tool, the lack of co-ordination at article level is an issue. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 08:30, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
Article on Earwig does not talk about it being a beneficial enemy of a pest. It is mostly referred to as a pest. Article on Biological Pest Control mentions it as a predator that should be encouraged in gardens by hanging a upside down flower pot full of straw or wood dust. Both are marked good articles. Uralunlucayakli ( talk) 18:38, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
There are definitional problems to this article. The first sentence that enumerates certain species that are used by humans for biological pest control seems arbitrary. Why are, for example, no cats included that were domesticated by humans very early on against mice? Gun Powder Ma ( talk) 14:59, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Pestiphages ( Latin: pestis «pest» + greek. φαγεῖν «to eat») [1], — introduced organisms, that destroy pest organisms in agroecosystems. Pestiphages are an important biological component of agrobiodiversity and have a substantial role in ecologization of agriculture. Pest organisms of agrocenosis and pestiphages are in detrimental type of biological interaction. The inhibitive influence of pestiphages have bioregulated the populations of pest organisms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hovsep Grigoryan ( talk • contribs) 21:28, 1 January 2021 (UTC) Hovsep Grigoryan ( talk) 21:33, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
References
Hi IBMA and @ Viewmont Viking: It looks like IBMA is here to promote their own organization. Nonetheless I think this edit was mostly appropriate. The IBMA seems relevant to this page. I suggest we just leave the Bacillus thuringiensis link out because that's already mentioned in the article. Invasive Spices ( talk) 19:22, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi,
The effects of the small Asian mongoose uses a regular news article without peer reviewed research. Other peer review studies (Hays & Conant 2007 [1] and references within) have discussed that the mongoose has in fact reduced the rat population on the cane fields as originally intended but most certainly have also attacked non-targeted species as well.
If the intent is to show negative impacts then this should discuss other non-target species. If the intent is to point to document the lack of regulation at the time, then the reference to the news article can stay.
References
"Biological control" is by an order of magnitude the most common name for this topic. It should never have been moved to "Biological pest control". I'll revert it now. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 14:54, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
KoA, you appear to be asserting that a pathogen, something that causes disease, is a kind of pest. In that case, a person who works to prevent or treat disease is a pest control agent: better tell the vaccinators, pharmacists, doctors, nurses, and vets that they're pest controllers then. Joking apart, this simply isn't normal usage. A pest is a rather loosely defined thing, something that's basically a nuisance to someone, whether a farmer (spray it), a holidaymaker (rub on some mosquito repellent), or someone riding the metro (tread on their foot). A pathogen is a disease agent, like a malaria parasite, a coronavirus, a streptococcus bacterium. Honestly, we don't call treating those "pest control". I'll tweak the text, if you don't mind. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 19:49, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
Pest control is the regulation or management of a species defined as a pest; such as any animal, plant or fungus that impacts adversely on human activities or environment.Whether it's agriculture, conservation, public health, etc. there's a pretty wide diversity of pests out there. KoA ( talk) 19:59, 27 April 2023 (UTC)