Biological control is an environmentally sound and effective means of reducing or mitigating pests and pest effects through the use of natural enemies. The aim of Biological Control is to promote this science and technology through publication of original research articles and reviews of research and theory. The journal devotes a section to reports on biotechnologies dealing with the elucidation and use of genes or gene products for the enhancement of biological control agents.

The journal encompasses biological control of viral, microbial, nematode, insect, mite, weed, and vertebrate pests in agriculture, aquatic, forest, natural resource, stored product, and urban environments. Biological control of arthropod pests of human and domestic animals is also included. Ecological, molecular, and biotechnological approaches to the understanding of biological control are welcome. The journal Biological Control publishes work that focuses on living biological control agents. The use of natural compounds derived from living organisms or extracts from plants or microbes to manage pests, pathogens, or weeds are not a fit to the journal.

This multidisciplinary journal covers:

Entomology:
Parasitoids, predators, and pathogens and their use through importation, augmentation, and/or habitat management strategies
Plant Pathology:
Antagonism, competition, cross-protection, hyperparasitism, hypovirulence, and soil suppressiveness through naturally occurring and introduced agents
Nematology:
Predators, parasitoids, and pathogens in biological control through augmentation and/or habitat management strategies and suppressive soils through naturally occurring and introduced agents
Weed Science:
Vertebrates, invertebrates, and pathogens and their use through classical, augmentative, or bioherbicidal tactics

The following sections are included:

Molecular Technology:
Advances in the understanding of biological control agents and their mechanisms
Forum:
Theoretical and special topics Letters to the Editors-serving as an avenue for debate.

Regular research papers
Perspectives papers
Review articles

N. Desneux
French National Institute for Agricultural Research Sophia Site, Sophia Antipolis, France
M.D. Eubanks
Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, Texas, United States
J.H. Hoffmann
University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
E.E. Lewis
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States
J. Liu
Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing, China
R. Melnick
US Department of Agriculture, DC, United States
J.P. Michaud
Kansas State University Department of Entomology, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
J.K. Pell
J.K. Pell Consulting, Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Editorial Board
H.M. Aksoy
Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
M. Aluja
Institute of Ecology, Xalapa, Mexico
S. Arthurs
Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, Texas, United States
B. Blossey
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States
G. Boivin
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
J. Brodeur
Plant Biology Research Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
D. Chandler
University of Warwick University House, Coventry, United Kingdom
R. Charudattan
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
M. Coll
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Department of Entomology, Rehovot, Israel
S. Compant
Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Wien, Austria
E. Conti
University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
K.M. Daane
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
C.M. Dolinski
State University of Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goitacazes, Brazil
L. Duncan
Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, Florida, United States
C. Dunlap, PhD
USDA-ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, Illinois, United States
J. Eilenberg
University of Copenhagen Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Frederiksberg, Denmark
D. Fira, PhD
University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
K. Giles
Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
M.S. Goettel
Lethbridge, AB, Canada
L.M. Gontijo
Federal University of Vicosa - Florestal Campus, FLORESTAL, Brazil
C.T. Griffin
National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland
A.W. Guzman-Franco
Postgraduate College, Texcoco, Mexico
I.C.W. Hardy
University of Nottingham School of Biosciences, Loughborough, United Kingdom
H. Hesketh
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom
A. Hodson
University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States
M.A. Hoy
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
R. Hufbauer
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
M.S. Hunter
University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States
L. Jaber
The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
M.W. Johnson
University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States
M. Jonsson
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
H.K. Kaya
University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States
M. Keller
The University of Adelaide, Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
P.J. Krell
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
D. A. Landis, PhD
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
J.-H. Lee
Seoul National University Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
B.Q. Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
S.E. Lindow
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
T.-X. Liu
Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University Key Laboratory of Applied Entomology, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
A. McClay
McClay Ecoscience, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
N.J. Mills
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
H. Norambuena
INIA Carillanca, Temuco, Chile
M. O'Callaghan
AgResearch Ltd Lincoln Research Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand
P. Ode
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
H.-W. Park
California Baptist University, Riverside, California, United States
R.D. Possee
Natural Environment Research Council Institute of Virology and Environmental Microbiology, Oxford, United Kingdom
W. Powell
Rothamsted Research Department of Plant Sciences, Harpenden, United Kingdom
S. Raghu
University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States
D.P. Roberts
USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, United States
J.A. Rosenheim
University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States
E.N. Rosskopf
USDA-ARS United States Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States
J.R. Ruberson
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
D.I. Shapiro-Ilan
USDA-ARS Southeastern Fruit and Tree-Nut Research Laboratory, Byron, Georgia, United States
A. Sheppard
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia
W.E. Snyder
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States
G.N. Stevens, PhD
Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia, United States
R. Stouthamer
University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States
D.O. TeBeest
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
J. Vandenberg
USDA-ARS Plant Soil and Nutrition Research Unit, Ithaca, New York, United States
F. Wäckers
Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
S.P. Wraight
USDA-ARS Plant Soil and Nutrition Research Unit, Ithaca, New York, United States
G.Y. Yuen
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States