Oleraceous

Numerous insects inhabit the vegetables crops and their control is necessary. The biological control plays an important role in the management of phytophagous insects these environment using natural enemies in the augmentative (ABC) or conservative biological control (CBC). This chapter provides data on the status of ABC in Latina America and also reports plants that can be used in crop diversification to CBC of the main pests of vegetables. We reviewed studies regarding the main predators, parasitoids, and entomopathogens of phytophagous insects limiting for the production of vegetables in Latin-American countries.