BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AS A TOOL IN SUSTAINABLE PEST MANAGEMENT AND ITS USE IN THE STATE OF NAYARIT, MEXICO

This review was carried out in order to concentrate the information on parasitoids reported for the state of Nayarit Mexico. Insecticides are one of the main tools for the management of agricultural pests, causing high costs, environmental pollution, beneficial organisms and wildlife reduction, applicators poisoning and negative effects on people related to pesticide management and the development of resistance to pesticides of several species considered pests. An alternative to this problem is the use of beneficial organisms, such as predators, parasitoids and entomopathogenic providing pest regulation because of the density dependent relationship they establish, are not harmful to humans and do not pollute. The use and management of natural enemies represents a sustainable strategy, which does not affect the ecological balance and to know what biological organisms in the state of Nayarit provides a technical tool to integrate strategic management programs according to agricultural pests behavior and biological control agent, cultivation, distribution, and optimal environmental conditions for preferential organisms grow and develop. It was concluded that the use of 36 species of parasitoids, which were either naturally found or introduced by humans, have been reported in order to reduce the population of pests in the state of Nayarit Mexico.