Biocontrols For Greenhouse Vegetables
Ohio State University Extension recommends these biological controls for producing vegetables in your greenhouse.
While there are excellent conventional pest control products for greenhouse vegetable crops, biological controls are an increasingly common strategy. Here is a list of biocontrols to consider for your next crop, courtesy of Ohio State University Extension.
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Pests Attacked |
| Whitefly parasitoid | Encarsia formosa | Whiteflies, especially the greenhouse whitefly |
| Whitefly parasitoid |
Eretmocerous eremicus Eretmocerus mundus |
Whiteflies, especially the silverleaf whitefly |
| Whitefly predator | Amblyseius swirskii | Whiteflies, greenhouse and silverleaf whitefly, also attacks thrips |
| Leaf miner parasitoids | Diglyphus spp., Dacnusa spp. | Leafminers |
| Mealybug destroyer | Cryptolaemus montrouzieri | Citrus mealybugs |
| Mealybug parasitoid | Leptomastix dactylopii | Citrus mealybugs |
| Aphid midge | Aphidoletes aphidimyza | Aphids |
| Aphid parasitoid | Aphidius colemani | Green peach and melon aphids |
| Aphid parasitoid | Aphidius ervi, Aphelinus abdomalis | Potato aphids |
| Soil insects predator | Atheta coriaria | Fungus gnat larvae, shore fly larvae, western flower thrips pupae |
| Entomopathogenic nematodes for fungus gnats | Steinernema feltiae, plus others | Fungus gnat larvae |
| Fungus gnat and thrips predatory mite | Hypoaspis miles | Fungus gnat larvae, thrips prepupae (Also: shore fly larvae) |
| Spider mite predator |
Phytoseiulus persimilis, other phytoseiids Amblyseius californicus |
Spider mites |
| Green lacewings | Chrysoperla sp. | Aphids, whiteflies, mites, caterpillars |
| Minute pirate bug | Orius insidiosus | Thrips, other pests |
| Thrips predator |
Neoseiulus cucumeris Amblyseius degenerans Amblyseius cucumeris |
Thrips |
| Moth parasitoid | Trichogramma brassicae | Moth eggs |
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