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Approaches to Identify the Value of Seminatural Habitats for Conservation Biological Control [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Invertebrates perform many vital functions in agricultural production, but many taxa are in decline, including pest natural enemies. Action is needed to increase their abundance if more sustainable agricultural systems are to be achieved.
John M. Holland +12 more
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How Effective Is Conservation Biological Control in Regulating Insect Pest Populations in Organic Crop Production Systems? [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Organic crop production systems are designed to enhance or preserve the presence of natural enemies, including parasitoids and predators, by means of conservation biological control, which involves providing environments and habitats that sustain natural
Raymond A. Cloyd
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Conservation Biological Control as an Important Tool in the Neotropical Region. [PDF]
Neotrop Entomol, 2023 The history and recent developments of conservation biological control (CBC) in the context of industrialized and small-scale agriculture are discussed from theoretical framework available in the Neotropical region. A historical perspective is presented in terms of the transition of the way pests have been controlled since ancestral times, while some ...
Vargas G +3 more
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Conservation biological control: Improving the science base. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2018 Based on the notion that monocultures and highly simplified farmscapes are associated with pest outbreaks (1), there has been an increased focus on “conservation biological control” [also called “ecological engineering” (2)] within the last decades to minimize economic losses to pests (3, 4), and at the same time avoid the use of pesticides.
Settele J, Settle WH.
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Editorial: Chemical Ecology and Conservation Biological Control [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 International ...
Stefano Colazza +3 more
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Red and black mason wasp, Pachodynerus erynnis (Lepeletier)
EDIS, 2021 Pachodynerus erynnis (Lepeletier) is a predatory wasp that specializes in preying upon caterpillars, the larvae of moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera). This insect does not yet have an officially accepted common name and has been referred to as the red ...
Kelly Laplante, Wayne Hobbs, Adam Dale
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Insects, 2022 The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris, is a major pest of alfalfa in northwestern China. However, the roles of different groups of natural enemies in combination with aphid-resistant cultivars in the suppression of the pea aphid have not been ...
Xiang Zhang +8 more
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Natural Enemies and Biological Control of Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in North America
Insects, 2022 Stink bugs comprise a significant and costly pest complex for numerous crops in the US, including row crops, vegetables, and tree fruits and nuts.
Blessing Ademokoya +2 more
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Insects, 2020 Biological control has been the most commonly researched control tactic within fruit fly management programs. For the first time, a review is carried out covering parasitoids and predators of fruit flies (Tephritidae) from the Americas and Hawaii ...
Flávio R. M. Garcia +4 more
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Potential of Cover Crops to Control Arthropod Pests in Organic Viticulture
Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Horticulture, 2022 Plant diversity has the potential to conserve beneficials and thereby naturally controlling arthropod pests. Beneficials’ activity can be increased by pollen-rich plant species.
Aurora RANCA +8 more
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