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Vertical stratification of selected Hymenoptera in a remnant forest of the Po Plain (Italy, Lombardy) (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Crabronidae, Sphecidae) [PDF]

, 2017
Communities of the canopy of temperate forests are still relatively unexplored. Furthermore, very little is known on how vertical stratification for some insect groups is related to biological strategies.
Cerretti, Pierfilippo, di Giovanni, Filippo, Mei, Maurizio   +2 more
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean, Xim Cerdá, Jérôme Orivel, Frédéric Azémar, Alexander L. Wild, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A preventive strategy for the control of aphids in sweet pepper using lacewings and micrococcinelid beetles

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Aphids pose a serious risk to horticultural crops. Current biocontrol strategies often fail due to the poor establishment of natural enemies when aphids are scarce. We evaluated the potential of two aphidophagous predators, Micromus variegatus and Scymnus interruptus, to be used as preventive biocontrol agents, released before aphid infestation.
Jesica Pérez‐Rodríguez, Reinier T. Valstar, Ada Leman, Gerben J. Messelink   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Honeydew Honey of Ida Mountains

Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2020
In this study, antioxidant capacity and antimicrobial effect values of honeydew honey obtained from Ida Mountains region being rich in biodiversity were determined.
Emrah Yalazi, Murat Zorba
doaj   +1 more source

Physicochemical Characterization and Biological Properties of Pine Honey Produced across Greece

Foods, 2022
Pine honey is a honeydew honey produced in the East Mediterranean region (Greece and Turkey) from the secretions of the plant sucking insect Marchalina hellenica (Gennadius) (Coccoidea: Marchalini-dae) feeding on living parts of Pinus species.
Eleni Tsavea, Fotini-Paraskevi Vardaka, Elisavet Savvidaki, Abdessamie Kellil, Dimitrios Kanelis, Marcela Bucekova, Spyros Grigorakis, Jana Godocikova, Panagiota Gotsiou, Maria Dimou, Sophia Loupassaki, Ilektra Remoundou, Christina Tsadila, Tilemachos G. Dimitriou, Juraj Majtan, Chrysoula Tananaki, Eleftherios Alissandrakis, Dimitris Mossialos   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of photoperiod and host distribution on the horizontal transmission of Isaria fumosorosea (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) in greenhouse whitefly assessed using a novel model bioassay [PDF]

, 2010
A model bioassay was used to evaluate the epizootic potential and determine the horizontal transmission efficiency of Isaria fumosorosea Trinidadian strains against Trialeurodes vaporariorum pharate adults under optimum conditions (25±0.5°C, ~100% RH ...
Antonious G.F., Avery P.B., Avery P.B., Bohatá A., Carruthers R.I., Castañé C., Fransen J.J., Galani G., Gilbert L. Queeley, Gökçe A., Jane Faull, Lacey L.A., Landa Z., Mier T., Monique S.J. Simmonds, Omer A.D., Pasco B. Avery, Pell J.K., Sakamoto M., Sanderson J.P., Shah P.A., Verghese A., Vidal C.   +22 more
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“Alien versus predator”: predatory effect of coccinellid Exochomus quadripustulatus on the scale insect Toumeyella parvicornis. An open‐field experimentation on the Pinus pinea of Rome

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The release of gravid Exochomus quadripustulatus females proved to be effective in containing Toumeyella parvicornis infestations on stone pine trees, under open‐field condition. The ladybugs caused a lower infestation level compared to the trees that did not receive any ladybugs during the observation season.
Nicolò Di Sora, Luca Rossini, Giulia Luziatelli, Mario Contarini, Stefano Speranza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ant–aphid mutualism: the influence of Tapinoma ibericum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphidae) control by commercial and spontaneous natural enemies

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The mutualism between Tapinoma ibericum ants and Aphis gossypii disrupts the biological control exerted by Aphidius colemani in greenhouse peppers. Ant exclusion increased parasitism and the presence of most natural enemies, although Aphidoletes aphidimyza was more abundant with ants.
Jesús Foronda, Estefanía Rodríguez, Mónica González, María del Mar Téllez, Carmen Robles‐Vallet, Pablo Barranco, Felipe Pascual, Francisca Ruano   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Competitive Interactions Between Generalist Predators and Their Effects on Shared and Non‐Shared Pests in a Greenhouse Crop

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Orius laevigatus engages in unidirectional intraguild predation on Transeius montdorensis. Despite this, both predators coexisted and suppressed the shared thrips prey. Aphids, a non‐shared prey, were effectively controlled by O. laevigatus even when its population was limited due to intraguild predation. T.
Angelos Mouratidis, Jesica Pérez‐Rodríguez, Hessel van der Heide, Gerben J. Messelink   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship between the honeydew of mealy bugs and the growth of Phlebopus portentosus.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundPhlebopus portentosus and mealy bugs form a fungus-insect gall on the roots of host plants. The fungus and mealy bugs benefit mutually through the gall, which is the key link in the nutritional mechanism of P. portentosus.
Yi-Wei Fang, Wen-Bing Wang, Ming-Xia He, Xin-Jing Xu, Feng Gao, Jing Liu, Tian-Wei Yang, Yang Cao, Tao Yang, Yun Wang, Chun-Xia Zhang   +10 more
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