Inundative application

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Inundative application of a biological control or natural enemy of a pest refers to the release of overwhelming numbers of a mass-produced biological control agent in the expectation of either achieving a rapid reduction of a pest population,{{cite web|title=Biological control|first1=Tom R.|last1=Unruh|url=http://jenny.tfrec.wsu.edu/opm/displaySpecies.php?pn=-40|publisher=Orchard Pest Management|date=1993|access-date=2018-07-19|archive-date=2018-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206205201/http://jenny.tfrec.wsu.edu/opm/displaySpecies.php?pn=-40|url-status=dead}} or to improve the long-term survival of the biocontrol agent.{{Cite journal|last=Steddom|first=K.|last2=Becker|first2=O.|last3=Menge|first3=J. A.|date=2002-08-01|title=Repetitive Applications of the Biocontrol Agent Pseudomonas putida 06909-rif/nal and Effects on Populations of Phytophthora parasitica in Citrus Orchards|url=http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1094/PHYTO.2002.92.8.850|journal=Phytopathology|volume=92|issue=8|pages=850–856|doi=10.1094/PHYTO.2002.92.8.850|issn=0031-949X|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}