The current trend in biological control approaches in the mitigation of golden apple snail Pomacea spp

•Climate change is expected to worsen GAS infestation and threaten food security.•Entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes are potential GAS biological controls.•Integrated and precision pest management improved pest monitoring system. Golden apple snails (GAS) (Pomacea spp.) is one of the major pests that rampantly invaded many countries and brought a heavy bloom to agricultural cultivation. Their invasion had resulted in huge crop damage and ultimately caused massive economic loss. For the past few decades, many strategies had been developed to overcome the GAS infestation. Among all the strategies, chemical synthetic molluscicides had been the mainstay within the farmer community. Despite their effectiveness in controlling the GAS infestation, extensive use of chemical molluscicides has negative impacts on humans, non-targeted organisms, and the environment. Climate change is expected to hasten the reproduction of GAS, necessitating the development of more sustainable GAS mitigation strategies. This paper examines the current stage of GAS invasion and its implications for global rice production. This review also includes an in-depth discussion of the various potential biological based strategies involved in pest management, and the recent technological breakthroughs in entomopathogenic nematodes and entomopathogenic fungi as molluscicides, integrated pest management, and precision pest management. To summarize, this review provides a potential trend in the use of biocontrol as a substitute for chemically manufactured synthetic molluscicides for the sustainable management of GAS.