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Insecticide-contaminated honeydew: risks for beneficial insects. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 2022 Honeydew is the sugar-rich excretion of phloem-feeding hemipteran insects such as aphids, mealybugs, whiteflies, and psyllids, and can be a main carbohydrate source for beneficial insects in some ecosystems.
Calvo-Agudo M +3 more
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Oviposition Strategies in Beneficial Insects. [PDF]
Int J Insect Sci, 2018 AIMS AND SCOPE: The aim of this special collection is to highlight the importance of reproduction (ie, oviposition) in the life history, population dynamics, survival, and fitness of beneficial insects, broadly defined. Specific areas of interest include
Riddick EW +3 more
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Neonicotinoids in excretion product of phloem-feeding insects kill beneficial insects [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019 Pest control in agriculture is mainly based on the application of insecticides, which may impact nontarget beneficial organisms leading to undesirable ecological effects. Neonicotinoids are among the most widely used insecticides.
MIGUEL Calvo-Agudo +2 more
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Do novel insecticides pose a threat to beneficial insects? [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2020 Systemic insecticides, such as neonicotinoids, are a major contributor towards beneficial insect declines. This has led to bans and restrictions on neonicotinoid use globally, most noticeably in the Europe Union, where four commonly-used neonicotinoids ...
Siviter H, Muth F.
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Origin and function of beneficial bacterial symbioses in insects
Nature Reviews MicrobiologyInternational audienceBeneficial bacterial symbionts are widespread in insects and affect the fitness of their hosts by contributing to nutrition, digestion, detoxification, communication or protection from abiotic stressors or natural enemies.
Martin Kaltenpoth +2 more
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Hedgerows enhance beneficial insects on farms in California's Central Valley [PDF]
California Agriculture, 2011 Hedgerows of native California shrubs and perennial grasses bordering field crops were examined for the abundance of beneficial and pest insects compared with adjacent weedy areas.
Lora Morandin +3 more
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Modeling Pine Caterpillar, Dendrolimus spectabilis (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), Population Dynamics with a Stage-Structured Matrix Model Based on Field Observations [PDF]
InsectsPopulation models offer insights into both theoretical and practical aspects of insect population dynamics. Among the models, stage-structured matrix models are used to describe the population dynamics of insects because the development of insects is by ...
Young-Kyu Park +2 more
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Insects, 2021 Psyttalia incisi (Silvestri) is the dominant parasitoid against Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) in fruit-producing regions of southern China. Prior to a large-scale release, it is important to generate a sufficient stockpile of P.
Jia Lin +7 more
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The genus Eurymeros Bhat (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) newly recorded from China [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Alysiinae Leach is a species-rich subfamily in Braconidae, of which several species play an important role in biological control. The monotypic genus Eurymeros tumespiraculum Bhat, 1980 was discovered in Tibet and Yunnan provinces for the first time ...
Jia-Chen Zhu +6 more
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Insects, 2021 Aprostocetus fukutai is a specialist egg parasitoid of the citrus longhorned beetle Anoplophora chinensis, a high-risk invasive pest of hardwood trees. The parasitoid overwinters as diapausing mature larvae within the host egg and emerges in early summer
Xingeng Wang +5 more
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