European Journal of Entomology, 2004 Precocious activity of parasitoids is a key factor for cereal aphid control. We investigated the oviposition, flight and walking capacities at low temperature of four aphid parasitoids (Aphidius rhopalosiphi, A. ervi, Praon volucre, P.
Alain LANGER, Guy BOIVIN, Thierry HANCE
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Parasitism, Adult Emergence, Sex Ratio, and Size of \u3ci\u3eAphidius Colemani\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) on Several Aphid Species [PDF]
, 2017 Aphidius colemani Viereck parasitizes several economically important aphid pests of small grain crops including the greenbug, Schizaphis graminum and the Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia. The ability of A. colemani to switch from S.
Burd, J. D +4 more
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Investigación Agraria, 2018 En los agroecosistemas, existen enemigos naturales controladores de áfidos de cereales, regulando la población de los mismos. El estudio de la identificación y cuantificación es importante para el manejo integrado de plagas del trigo.
Rebeca González Torres +3 more
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Effects of Aluminum Foil Mulch on Parasitism and Fecundity of Apterous \u3ci\u3eMyzus Persicae\u3c/i\u3e (Homoptera: Aphididae) [PDF]
, 2017 Chinese cabbage plants grown in flats containing either aluminum foil mulch or no mulch cover were uniformly infested with a single apterous adult Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and exposed in a greenhouse to a free-flying population of the parasite Aphidius ...
Cranshaw, Whitney S, Zalmon, Frank G
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First records of Charipinae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae) aphid hyperparasitoids from Malta [PDF]
, 2015 Charipinae material has been collected from different localities in Malta. Three species have been identified: Alloxysta citripes, Alloxysta pilipennis and Phaenoglyphis villosa in association with two aphids and one parasitoid species.
Ferrer-Suay, Mar +4 more
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Defensive insect symbiont leads to cascading extinctions and community collapse [PDF]
, 2016 This is the final version of the article. Available from Wiley via the DOI in this record.Animals often engage in mutualistic associations with microorganisms that protect them from predation, parasitism or pathogen infection.
Dicke, M +7 more
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The success of a habitat specialist biological control agent in the face of disturbance
Ecosphere, 2022 Natural enemies that can use multiple habitats are thought to better withstand disturbances in agricultural systems than natural enemies that are habitat specialists.
Miriam Kishinevsky, Anthony R. Ives
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The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake [PDF]
, 2011 Augmentative biological control concerns the periodical release of natural enemies. In com- mercial augmentative biological control, natural enemies are mass-reared in biofactories for release in large numbers to obtain an immediate control of pests. The
Lenteren, J.C., van
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European Journal of Entomology, 2003 Aphidius ervi Haliday is a parasitoid of natural populations of both Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) on alfalfa and Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) on wheat in Chile.
Pauline DAZA-BUSTAMANTE +2 more
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Trichoderma atroviride P1 Colonization of Tomato Plants Enhances Both Direct and Indirect Defense Barriers Against Insects [PDF]
, 2019 Numerous microbial root symbionts are known to induce different levels of enhanced plant protection against a variety of pathogens. However, more recent studies have demonstrated that beneficial microbes are able to induce plant systemic resistance that ...
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