Designation:E2643−09StandardTerminologyRelatingtoNaturalMulti-CellularBiologicalControlOrganisms1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2643;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisterminologymaybegeneral,butisrepresentedhereforapplicationintherealmofSubcommitteeE35.30.ThesetermsarequotedfromPennetal2andarereiteratedheresothatpeopleusingE35.30standardscanallinterpretthetermsinthesamewayindiscussions,applications,andrevisionsofthestandards.TheapplicabilityofthesetermstogeneralusehasnotbeenexaminedbySubcommitteeE35.30.2.Terminologyapplication,n—thereleaseofthenaturalenemiesorotherwiseputtingthemtouse.contaminant,n—anyundesirableorganismsnotclaimedontheproductinformation.customerinvolvement,n—selectionofproduct,applicationoftheproduct,evaluationoftheresults,andfeedbackwithencouragementofcontinualinformationalflow.levelofpurity,n—seepuritylevel.performance(ofnaturalenemiesinpestmanagement),n—thecapacitytomaintainpestpopulationsatacceptablelevels.Performanceisafunctionofinnategeneticcharac-teristics,theeffectsofproduction,storage,shipping,appli-cationmethod,applicationtiming,andenvironmentaleffectsonsurvival,reproduction,andfrequencyofattacksagainsthosts/prey.performanceevaluation,n—assessmentoftheeffectsofnaturalenemyapplicationuponthetargetpestpopulationundercontrolledconditions.processcontrol,n—themeansofassuringtheperformanceofproductionprocessesthroughsamplingofalllifestagesofthearthropodsinproduction,usingindicatorstopredictqualityandminimizingvariancefrompredeterminedstan-dards.productcontrol,n—assuranceofconformityoftheproducttoacceptablestandardsofqualitythroughmonitoringproce-duresappliedattheendofproduction.Suchproceduressubstantiallyincreasetheprobabilitythattheproductwillbeeffectiveinperformingitsintendedfunctionb...
