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Dual purpose: Predatory hoverflies pollinate strawberry crops and protect them against the strawberry aphid, Chaetospihon fragaefolii.

Pest Management Science, 2022
BACKGROUND Predatory syrphids are an important functional group due to their potential for providing multiple ecosystem services. Adults feed on nectar and pollen and can be effective pollinators, while larvae are voracious predators that can reduce ...
A. van Oystaeyen   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluating the potential of flowering plants for enhancing predatory hoverflies (Syrphidae) for biological control of Diaphorina citri (Liviidae) in California

, 2021
Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) is a notorious citrus pest that vectors a bacterium that causes huanglongbing, a lethal citrus disease. Studies evaluating the potential of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), alyssum (Lobularia maritima), phacelia ...
N. Irvin, Carl S Pierce, M. Hoddle
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Protected areas and prime hoverfly areas: Safe haven for hoverflies or not?

Entomological Science, 2020
AbstractThe efficiency of protected areas (PAs) has often been questioned due to global decline of biodiversity. Invertebrates, especially insects, have been historically underrepresented in conservation studies. Our study focuses on hoverflies, an important group of insect pollinators and proven to be good bioindicators. Research was focused in Serbia,
Janković Milosavljević, Marina   +3 more
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Aphidophagous hoverflies reduce foxglove aphid infestations and improve seed set and fruit yield in sweet pepper.

Pest Management Science, 2021
BACKGROUND Larvae of many hoverfly species prey upon aphids, whereas the adults, by relying on nectar and pollen, contribute to the pollination of many plant species.
R. Moerkens   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

One stone; two birds: concurrent pest control and pollination services provided by aphidophagous hoverflies

Biological control (Print), 2020
Biological pest control and pollination are vital ecosystem services that are usually studied in isolation, given that they are typically provided by different guilds of arthropods.
A. Pekas   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Diversity of hoverflies and their floral visitation patterns in cultivated cucurbit crops in Morogoro, Tanzania

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) provide valuable ecosystem services, such as pollination, to a large variety of wild and cultivated sexually reproducing plant species.
S. Kabota   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Austria.

Zootaxa, 2022
Hoverflies are a conspicuous and popular family within the Diptera. The larvae as well as the adults are able to colonize a wide range of habitats, and many species play important roles as pollinators, in pest management and nowadays in applied nature ...
Helge Heimburg   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Butterflies, bumblebees and hoverflies are equally effective pollinators of Knautia arvensis (Caprifoliaceae), a generalist plant species with compound inflorescences

Journal of applied entomology
Plant‐pollinator interactions exist along a continuum from complete specialisation to highly generalised, that may vary in time and space. A long‐held assumption is that large bees are usually the most effective pollinators of generalist plants.
J. Ollerton   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Detection rates of aphid DNA in the guts of larval hoverflies and potential links to the provision of floral resources

Bulletin of entomological research, 2022
Aphidophagous hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae, Syrphinae) are common flower visitors and aphid predators in a range of flowering plants, including fruit crops.
Dylan Hodgkiss   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sown wildflower meadows: Can they replace natural meadows in urban spaces for bees, butterflies and hoverflies?

Ecological Entomology
The decline in pollinator populations is partly due to human practices that have contributed to the loss of wild and flower‐rich habitats. In cities, especially city centres, urban green spaces, which are usually small, are often sown with wildflower ...
Zajdel Barbara   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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