The book summarizes the history of biological control in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Contributions by: Hugo César Arredondo-Bernal, Jorge L. Ayala Sifontes, Anobel Barba, Lorena Barra-Bucarei, César Basso, Wagner Bettiol, Fermin Blanco, Helga Blanco-Metzler, Claudia Carolina Cabral Antúnez, Guillermo Cabrera Walsh, Carmen C. Castillo, Charlotte E. Causton, Ronald D. Cave, Edwin E. Sosa, Patricia Castillo, Willy Chiaravalle, Ximena Cibils, Matthew Cock, Alba Marina Cotes, Luis V. Crespo, Luis Devotto Moreno, Francisco Ferrer, Andrés France Iglesias, Javier P. Franco, Fermín Fuentes, Fernando Gallardo-Covas, Patricio G. Gallegos, Victor Adolfo Gómez López, Nancy M. Greco, Lidcay Herrera, Leopoldo Hidalgo, Wendy-Ann P. Isaac, Maitrie Jagroep, Ayub Khan, Takumasa Kondo, Maria R. Manzano, Maria Elena Marquez, Jose Morales Sanchez, Rossy Morera-Montoya, Norma Mujica, Jose Roberto Postali Parra, Alelino Pitty, Karina Punschke, Mayra Ramos, Olgaly Ramos-Rodriguez, Gloria Resquin Romero, Adela Ribeiro, Mayra G. Rodriguez, Beatriz Rodriguez-Velez, Phillipe Ryckewaert, Colmar Serra, Michelle A. Sherwood, Rogelio Trabanino, Alies Van Sauers-Muller, Carlos Vasquez, Jean-Francois Vayssieres, Luis L. Vazquez, Mary Whu, Bruno Zachrisson