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Factitious hostA host other than the target host for parasitoids, one that biocontrol practitioners may more readily rear than the target host in a laboratory, thus implying that the biocontrol agent is not absolute [..]
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Factitious hostWhen you force a biological control agent to feed on an insect or mite that it would not feed on it in nature. This can allows for higher production levels.
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Factitious hostAn insect that is not the preferred host but is used as a host for the production of parasitoids. such as hosts are usually used because they are easier to rear in large numbers than the preferred host.
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