• What Is Biocontrol

Guide for AuthorsBiological Control promotes the science and technology of biological control through publication of original research articles and reviews of research and theory. The focus includes new and emerging trends in this field. Biological control is defined as the reduction or mitigation of pests and pest effects through the use of natural enemies. Biotechnologies dealing with the elucidation and use of genes or gene products for the enhancement of biological control agents are also of interest.

The journal encompasses biological control of viral, microbial, nematode, insect, mite, weed, and other invertebrate and vertebrate pests in agricultural, aquatic, forest, natural resource, stored products, and urban environments. Biological control of arthropod pests of human and domestic animals is also included.

Ecological, behavioral, molecular, and biotechnological approaches to advancing the understanding of biological control agents are welcome.The 'rules of 6' The Editors and Editorial Board have developed the 'Rules of 6' for publishing in BCON. We have produced six clear criteria that each author needs to think about before submitting a manuscript and setting the whole process of editing and reviewing at work.Types of paper The following types of original papers only will be considered. Regular research papers are hypothesis-driven projects in biological control as defined above under the 'Subject areas of the journal'.

These papers constitute the majority of the articles published in the journal. However, papers which report on routine results of host specificity studies on new biological control agents, surveys for known or unknown biological control agents, or screening of natural enemies against a pest species will not be considered for publication unless the account describes unusual circumstances or novel methods, or unless the study is placed in a broader perspective. Research papers should have the following sections: a brief Abstract that contains a concise statement of the results obtained; Keywords listed immediately after the Abstract; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgments; and References.

What Is Biocontrol

Further details are provided below under 'Preparation of manuscript'. Perspectives papers provide the authors with a forum for discussing topics and trends in biological control. These articles should raise interesting or unanswered questions, present arguments about the significance of recent findings, describe the application and limitations of new methods and technologies, or consider potential interfaces between biological control and other disciplines in the sciences.

These manuscripts should include the format as listed for the Regular research papers or may deviate by having the following sections: Abstract, Introduction, appropriate headings, Conclusion, and References. Review articles are intended to reach a broad audience of readers from investigators in the field to new graduate students learning the material for the first time. Review articles are subject to the same review process as original papers. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the general guidelines given below. The Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion sections may be replaced with appropriate alternatives; an Abstract is still required. The editors invite inquiries and suggestions for timely and provocative review articles. In some cases, there may be a number of review articles (e.g., a symposium topic) in which case a special issue of the journal may be published.

The special issue may include an invited 'editor(s)' who invites the authors and selects the topics, provides the guidelines to the authors, sets deadlines, etc., and submits the manuscripts to the journal. The journal editor then handles the manuscripts following normal protocols. Biological Control does not publish Short Communications or Research Notes.

Contact details for submission Manuscripts should be written in grammatically correct English and should be submitted through the Web site at.Submission checklist You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details.