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The right banker plant for the right application: Comparison of three candidates for aphid biocontrol, barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), corn (Zea mays L.), and finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn)

Pest Management Science, Volume 80, Issue 7, Page 3293-3300, July 2024.
Finger millet, corn, and barley have different characteristics which predispose them to be used as banker plants in different specific biocontrol contexts. Abstract BACKGROUND In temperate regions, aphid biological control in greenhouses is mostly achieved by the regular release of biocontrol agents. Due to the rapid growth rate of the aphid population,
Arlette Fauteux, Marc Fournier, Antonio Onofre Soares, Eric Lucas   +3 more
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Image1_Selection and validation of optimal reference genes for RT-qPCR analyses in Aphidoletes aphidimyza Rondani (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae).jpg

, 2023
Aphidoletes aphidimyza is a predator that is an important biological agent used to control agricultural and forestry aphids. Although many studies have investigated its biological and ecological characteristics, few molecular studies have been reported ...
Xiu-Xian Shen (17279635), Mao-Fa Yang (8867969), Yu-Xin Zhao (5767760), Feng Zhang (6548), Xiao-Fei Yu (4024688), Guo-Qiang Zhang (110717), Xiao-Xiao Zhu (17279638)   +6 more
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Perennial flower margins reduce orchard fruit damage by rosy apple aphid, Dysaphis plantaginea (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 61, Issue 4, Page 821-835, April 2024.
To our knowledge, this study is the first to detect a reduction in fruit damage by pests at harvest in orchards with a flower margin. We highlight the potential for established perennial flower margins to deliver measurable, sustainable, D. plantaginea control benefits and provide insights into the optimal spatial arrangement of flower strips in ...
Charlotte Howard, Michelle T. Fountain, Claire Brittain, Paul J. Burgess, Michael P. D. Garratt   +4 more
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Cecidomya aphidimyza Rondani 1848

, 2021
<i>Cecidomya aphidimyza</i> Rondani, 1848 <p>ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1848a: 443.</p> <p>TYPE LOCALITY: Rondani gave no type locality in his original description but presumably it is Parma (Italy) because he referred to ...
Sommaggio, Daniele, Sforzi, Alessandra
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Larval development and voracity of Eupeodes americanus (Diptera: Syrphidae): comparison of the focal prey Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and the banker prey Rhopalosiphum padi (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Insect Science, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 575-586, April 2024.
The American hoverfly Eupeodes americanus (Wiedemann) could be a good a biocontrol agent to control the melon aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover), which induces a lot of damage in cucumber crops. Preimaginal development time, survival rate, and occurrence of deformation are similar on both the focal prey, A. gossypii, and the banker prey, the bird cherry‐oat
Arlette Fauteux, Antonio Onofre Soares, Eric Lucas   +2 more
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Evaluating a new aphid biocontrol agent: The role of aphid density in modulating oviposition behaviour in the American hoverfly, Eupeodes americanus, and the aphid midge, Aphidoletes aphidimyza

Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 148, Issue 1, Page 5-12, February 2024.
Abstract Hoverfly larvae are voracious predators of aphids but have limited dispersal capacity, so their survival depends critically on female selection of oviposition sites. For aphid control purposes, the ability of females to find small aphid colonies is especially valuable.
Noémie Gonzalez, Marc Fournier, Rosemarije Buitenhuis, Eric Lucas   +3 more
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NATURAL ENEMIES OF DIURAPHIS NOXIA (STERNORRHYNCHA: APHIDIDAE) IN SLOVAKIA [PDF]

Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2009
A study from 2002 documented the occurrence of natural enemies (parasitoid wasps, predatory fl ies, entomopathogenic fungi) associated with colonies of the Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov, 1913) (Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae), in the spring ...
Peter TÓTH, Monika TÓTHOVÁ, Jozef LUKÁŠ   +2 more
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Effect of male densities on sex ratio variations of the predatory gall midge, Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) [PDF]

Arthropods, 2012
Monogeny, the production of unisexual broods by individual females, is a well-known characteristic in several species of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae).
Seyed Mohammad Tabadkani, Hossein Allahyari, Farhad Farhoudi   +2 more
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Hyperpredation by generalist predatory mites disrupts biological control of aphids by the aphidophagous gall midge Aphidoletes aphidimyza

, 2011
Biological control of different species of pest with various species of generalist predators can potentially disrupt the control of pests through predator-predator interactions. We evaluate the impact of three species of generalist predatory mites on the
Sabelis, M.W., Messelink, G.J., Juan A. Cortes, Jansen, A., Gerben J. Messelink, Arne Janssen, Janssen, A., Maurice W. Sabelis, Bloemhard, C.M.J., Chantal M.J. Bloemhard, Cortes, J.A.   +10 more
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Habitat management and the use of plant-based resources for conservation biological control [PDF]

, 2012
[eng] Modern agriculture has been focused on very intensive agricultural systems that depend on external inputs such as fertilizers or pesticides. These practices have lead to a simplification of the landscape and a decline of abundance of natural ...
Pumariño Romero, Lorena
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