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Ecological compatibility of GM crops and biological control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant genetically modified (GM) crops pervade many modern cropping systems (especially field-cropping systems), and present challenges and opportunities for developing biologically based pest-management programs ...
Aaron J. Gassmann   +220 more
core   +3 more sources

Landscape complexity promotes resilience of biological pest control to climate change. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Biol Sci, 2021
Feit B   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Beneficial True Bugs: Big-Eyed Bugs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Predatory insects can provide natural pest control by eating unwanted pests. Insect predators are one factor that help maintain pest populations at non-damaging levels, an action known as biological control.
Patterson, Ron, Ramirez, Ricardo
core   +1 more source

Insect Colonization and Mass Production. Edited by Carroll N. Smith. New York and London: Academic Press, 1966. xxii, 618pp. $27.00. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Excerpt: The mass production of insects appears to have started with the requirements of the rod-and-line fisherman for bait. For many years, using crude but effective methods, an individual could earn a living rearing millions of blowflies a week to ...
Gardiner, Brian O.C
core   +3 more sources

Shade trees decrease pest abundances on brassica crops in Kenya

open access: yes, 2019
Agroforestry practices may mitigate the current loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services due to deforestation and agricultural intensification. To examine the effects of agroforestry on the ecosystem service of pest regulation, we assessed pest ...
Guenat, S, Jonsson, M, Kaartinen, R
core   +1 more source

Gut Microbiota Mediate Insecticide Resistance in the Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella (L.)

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2018
The development of insecticide resistance in insect pests is a worldwide concern and elucidating the underlying mechanisms is critical for effective crop protection.
Xiaofeng Xia   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source

The use of an integrated model of pest spread and commodity markets to estimate the cost of a pest outbreak [PDF]

open access: yes
There are significant benefits in integrating a biological spread model into economic assessment of the cost of pest incursions (such as varroa mite or Mexican feather grass) on agricultural industries.
Hafi, Ahmed
core   +1 more source

Biological Control of the Asian Citrus Psyllid

open access: yesEDIS, 2021
Managing the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) is critical because of its role in spreading huanglongbing (HLB). Biological control is one method for ACP control. It is essential for developing integrated and sustainable pest management strategies.
Jawwad Qureshi
doaj  

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