Abstract The tomato potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli Šulc, originating from North and Central America, poses a serious threat to Solanaceae crops in Australia. This study investigates the potential of the Australian native and commercially available green lacewing, Mallada signatus Schneider, as a biological control agent for B. cockerelli.
Natasha Zhou +3 more
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Abstract Aim Invasions of non‐native insects can have substantial impacts on agriculture, forestry, human health and biodiversity with considerable economic and environmental consequences. To understand the causes of these invasions, it is important to quantify the relative influence of principal drivers such as international imports and climatic ...
Takehiko Yamanaka +9 more
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Pest categorisation of Ceroplastes rubens
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of Ceroplastes rubens Maskell (Hemiptera: Coccidae), following the commodity risk assessments of Acer palmatum plants grafted on A. davidii and Pinus parviflora bonsai plants grafted on P. thunbergii from China, in which C.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) +25 more
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Se estudió la diversidad de Encyrtidae y otras familias de Hymenoptera obtenidas en trampas Malaise en el bosque tropical caducifolio de Huatulco, Oaxaca, México, entre febrero del 2005 y enero del 2006. Las recolectas se llevaron a cabo durante 5 días de cada mes.
Rodríguez-Velez Beatriz +2 more
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This contribution focuses on the family Encyrtidae from Oslo Municipality, one of the richer areas in Norway as biodiversity concerns. The following four species are reported for the first time from Norway: Metaphycus punctipes (Dalman, 1820), Protyndarichoides aligarhensis (Fatma & Shafee, 1985), Psyllaephagus belanensis (Hoffer, 1963) and Trechnites ...
Japoshvili, George, Hansen, Lars Ove
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Long-read sequencing reveals that the mitochondrial genome of an individual <i>Ixodiphagus hookeri</i> is a mixture of structural variants with an invariable core region and heterogeneous repeat regions. [PDF]
Dirks RP +8 more
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Evaluating the Influence of Trap Type and Crop Phenological Stage on Insect Population Diversity in Mediterranean Open-Field Tomatoes. [PDF]
Abdennour N +11 more
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The parasitoids of <i>Parlatoria ziziphi</i> (Lucas) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae): with descriptions of two new species of <i>Aphytis</i> (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from China, and a note on <i>Aphytis</i> species with black-tipped mid tibiae in the male. [PDF]
Xi J, Ge J, Huang J, Polaszek A, Wang Z.
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A Compositional Heterogeneity Analysis of Mitochondrial Phylogenomics in Chalcidoidea Involving Two Newly Sequenced Mitogenomes of Eupelminae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). [PDF]
Jiang J, Wu T, Deng J, Peng L.
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Two new species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from the eastern Pamir Plateau, with four new records from China. [PDF]
Xi O, Zhang S, Hu H.
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