control The control of crop pests by A) living organisms harmless to the plants but which destroy or reduce the number of the harmful pests, B) natural reactions of pests and C) plant-own protection mechanisms against biotic and abiotic stress
opinion--The document resulting from formal consultation with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service, stating a finding about whether a federal action is likely to jeopardize the continued existence of listed species or result in destroying or adversely modifying critical habitat
Biological is used to describe processes and states that occur in the bodies and cells of living things. The living organisms somehow concentrated the minerals by biological processes This is a natural biological response. + biologically bio·logi·cal·ly Much of our behaviour is biologically determined
A child's biological parents are the man and woman who caused him or her to be born, rather than other adults who look after him or her. foster parents for young teenagers whose biological parents have rejected them. = natural. adj. biological rhythm biological warfare development biological Convention on Biological Diversity
Biological is used to describe activities concerned with the study of living things. the university's school of biological sciences
Biological pest control is the use of bacteria or other living organisms in order to destroy other organisms which are harmful to plants or crops. Jim Litsinger, a consultant on biological control of agricultural pests
Biological weapons and biological warfare involve the use of bacteria or other living organisms in order to attack human beings, animals, or plants. Such a war could result in the use of chemical and biological weapons
of parents and children; related by blood; "biological child" pertaining to biology or to life and living things