Pieris brassicae149–150
Planococcus citri173, 232, 290
Plutella xulostella 155
Podisusspp. 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126,
170, 207, 208, 212, 213, 214, 268, 298–299
P. maculiventris119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124,
125, 126, 170, 207, 208, 212, 213, 268,
298–299
P. sagitta (nigrispinus) 125
Proteus135, 153
P. mirabilis 153
Pseudococcus spp. 231–232
P. calceolariae231–232
P. obscurus 232
P. longispinus 232
Pseudomonas135, 136, 147, 153
P. aeruginosa 153
P. fluorescens136, 147
Pygostolus falcatus96, 104
Quality control 3, 5–8, 10–11, 14–15, 19–23, 25, 26,
51–52, 67, 115–127, 133, 157, 182, 184–185,
188, 202, 205–214, 215–223, 225–229, 231,
235–243, 247–260, 265–302, 305–314
acceptable quality of natural enemy 8, 219,
225
ASTM (American Society for Testing and
Materials) standards for quality
assurance 209–211, 212, 213,
240–241
attributes of a successful natural enemy in
biological control 231, 235–243
behavioural variation and quality control 25,
26
biochemical parameters for quality control
123–124, 126
causes of production decrease 19–20
certification and quality control 206, 222–223
correlation between laboratory quality
control and field performance 226,
269
costs of quality control 20
current situation worldwide 6–7
customer involvement 207, 212, 213
deterioration of mass reared Trichogramma
242
disease infected P. persimilisand performance
229
failure to meet quality control standards
211–213, 248
field performance 6, 218, 225, 268–270
fitness for use criterion in quality control 19
flight test 7, 184–185, 268, 269–272
food and quality of natural enemies 67
future work in quality control 217, 269–272
genetic aspects of quality control 51–52
genetic diversity of laboratory population,
screening of 52
genetic quality of laboratory population,
screening of 51
guidelines 14, 216, 272–302
harmonization of quality control guidelines
267
history of quality control 5–6, 216
host passage of fungal biocontrol agents to
improve quality 249
host passage of parasitoids to improve
quality 266–267
large-cage product control test 226–227
list of natural enemy guidelines 268
management and quality control 23
mechanical handling of natural enemies and
quality control 220
need of quality control 3, 5, 11, 14–15, 19, 51
objectives of quality control 7–8
optimal quality of natural enemy 219, 223
pathogen infections and quality control 133,
157
performance evaluation 208
poor quality and failures in biocontrol
265–267
predefined quality standard 305, 309
process control 10–11, 21–22, 208
product control 10–11, 21–22, 208, 225, 267
product control in Petri dish and Large cage
225–229
laboratory performance and search
capacity 228–229
production control 10–11, 21–22, 208
product profiles and quality control 206
product quality 11, 216
quality of artificially reared natural enemies
115–127
quality assurance: terms and definitions
207–208
quality assurance in Europe 215–223
quality assurance in North America 205–214
quality assurance and total quality control
206–207
quality control in Africa 7
quality control in Australia and New Zealand
7
quality control by British Columbia
Greenhouse Vegetable Industry
211–214
British Columbia quality control project
212
quality control in China 6–7
quality control in Europe 6
quality control in India 7
quality control in Japan 7
quality control in Latin America 7
quality control in North America 6324 Index