A modeling framework for biological pest control [PDF]
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2020 We present an analytic framework where biological pest control can be simulated. Control is enforced through the choice of a time and space dependent function representing the deployment of a species of predators that feed on pests. A sample of different
Rinaldo M. Colombo, Elena Rossi
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Crop diversification affects biological pest control [PDF]
Agroznanje, 2013 Crop monocultures encourage the multiplication and spread of pest insects on massive and uniform crop. Numerous studies have evaluated the impact of plant diversification on pests and beneficial arthropods population dynamics in agricultural ecosystems ...
Marković Dimitrije
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Impacts of the use of biological pest control on the technical efficiency of the Brazilian agricultural sector. [PDF]
Int J Environ Sci Technol (Tehran), 2023 This paper aimed to assess the impact of the intensive use of biological control on the technical efficiency of the Brazilian agricultural sector. The study also considered the influence of factors such as technical assistance, rural financing, and ...
Rodrigues LCC, Fortini RM, C R Neves M.
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Landscape complexity promotes resilience of biological pest control to climate change. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2021 Increased climate variability as a result of anthropogenic climate change can threaten the functioning of ecosystem services. However, diverse responses to climate change among species (response diversity) can provide ecosystems with resilience to this ...
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Local pesticide use intensity conditions landscape effects on biological pest control. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2019 Complex landscapes including semi-natural habitats are expected to favour natural enemies thereby enhancing natural pest biocontrol in crops. However, when considering a large number of situations, the response of natural biocontrol to landscape ...
Ricci B +15 more
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New opportunities for the integration of microorganisms into biological pest control systems in greenhouse crops. [PDF]
J Pest Sci (2004), 2016 Biological pest control with mass-produced arthropod natural enemies is well developed in greenhouse crops and has often resulted in the evolution of complex ecosystems with persistent populations of multiple arthropod natural enemy species.
Gonzalez F +6 more
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Biological pest control using a model-based robust feedback. [PDF]
IET Syst Biol, 2018 Biological control is the artificial manipulation of natural enemies of a pest for its regulation to densities below a threshold for economic damage.
Puebla H +3 more
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Clever pest control? The role of cognition in biological pest regulation
Animal Cognition, 2022 AbstractCrop pest management is a global challenge. Increases in agricultural intensity due to anthropogenic demands, alongside the need to reduce the reliance on pesticides to minimize environmental harm, have resulted in an urgent need to improve and expand other methods of pest control. One increasingly utilized method is biological pest control, in
Deyatima Ghosh +2 more
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Assessing effects of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum on soil microbial communities in Agriotes spp. biological pest control. [PDF]
FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 2017 The release of large quantities of microorganisms to soil for purposes such as pest control or plant growth promotion may affect the indigenous soil microbial communities. In our study, we investigated potential effects of Metarhizium brunneum ART2825 on
Mayerhofer J +6 more
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Fixed-Time Synergetic Approach for Biological Pest Control Based on Lotka-Volterra Model
IEEE Access, 2021 Biological pest control has a strong advantage in its non-chemical effects on the environment. In this study, a fixed-time synergetic control scheme for the biological pest control problems represented by the $n$ -dimensional Lotka-Volterra model was ...
Arsit Boonyaprapasorn +7 more
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