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Pest Management Science, Volume 78, Issue 8, Page 3596-3607, August 2022., 2022 Total field observed and laboratory observed parasitism rates of Myzus persicae varied considerably, indicating that mummy counts alone do not provide a clear representation of aphid parasitism in canola fields. Abstract Background Estimating parasitoid abundance in the field can be difficult, even more so when attempting to quantify parasitism rates ...
Samantha Elizabeth Ward +10 more
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Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 59, Issue 6, Page 1513-1523, June 2022., 2022 Our study presents evidence of the benefits of adopting strip intercropping with relatively large strips (adapted to existing machinery) for natural predator diversity and biological pest control in a large‐scale conventionally managed farm scenario. Wheat–oilseed rape strip intercropping reduced pest densities, increased parasitism of wheat aphids and
Viviana Alarcón‐Segura +4 more
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The diversity of aphid parasitoids in East Africa and implications for biological control
Pest Management Science, Volume 78, Issue 3, Page 1109-1116, March 2022., 2022 Parasitoids were identified from sentinel plants in East Africa and targets for conservation biological control of aphids were identified. Aphidius colemani was the most abundant primary parasitoid and further genetic analysis revealed our specimens were comprised of multiple haplotypes. © 2021 The Authors.
Victoria C Woolley +8 more
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Prospects for habitat management to suppress vegetable pests in Australia
Austral Entomology, Volume 61, Issue 1, Page 3-28, February 2022., 2022 Abstract Habitat management is an ecologically based approach to suppress pest densities, utilising properties of non‐crop vegetation to improve the impact of natural enemies or to directly affect pest behaviour. Research in this approach has escalated dramatically this century, extending to uptake in some crops, but adoption in Australia has been ...
Syed Z M Rizvi +9 more
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Diversity and Distributions, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 4-24, January 2022., 2022 Abstract Aim Holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) is regarded as a keystone plant species. Trophic interactions may affect the distribution and abundance of phytophagous species, but the number of arthropod species that use holm oak as a food resource and their levels of host specificity are not yet known.
Juan Antonio Hernández‐Agüero +3 more
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Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Volume 34, Issue 12, Page 1944-1953, December 2021., 2021 Environmental variation may affect the outcome of host‐parasite interactions. We show that aphid host plants—here from left to right Beta vulgaris, Chenopodium album and Vicia faba—quantitatively influence parasitism success of a parasitoid wasp on symbiont‐protected aphids, however without altering the strong G × G interactions occurring between ...
Elena Gimmi, Christoph Vorburger
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Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) aphid parasitoids of Malta : review and key to species [PDF]
, 2015 This paper brings an annotated list of the 16 aphid parasitoids detected up to 2015 in Malta. All the species were reared from identified aphid-plant associations. An illustrated key to the identification of the recorded species from Malta is provided.
Mifsud, David +3 more
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Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 21, Issue 3, Page 941-954, April 2021., 2021 ABSTRACT Aphidius gifuensis is a parasitoid wasp that has been commercially bred and released in large scale as a biocontrol agent for the management of aphid pests. As a highly efficient endoparasitoid, it is also an important model for exploring mechanisms of parasitism.
Bingyan Li +10 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2013 Body size is a standard criterion of quality control in insect rearing and often assumed to correlate with fitness in parasitoid wasps, but various metrics of body size can be used.
Mohammad AMERI +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 11, Issue 6, Page 2449-2460, March 2021., 2021 We investigated indirect interactions that can occur when a single parasitoid species attacks two aphid species that differ in their suitability for parasitism. Laboratory studies showed that the presence of unsuitable hosts indirectly increased populations of suitable hosts through an egg sink experienced by the shared parasitoid, and a parameterized ...
Lucie S. Monticelli +2 more
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