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Herbivores avoid host plants previously exposed to their omnivorous predator Macrolophus pygmaeus [PDF]

Journal of Pest Science, 2018
Herbivorous arthropods use various cues to choose suitable host plants. We investigated whether three species of herbivores use cues associated with their omnivorous predator Macrolophus pygmaeus to select host plants. Earlier, we found that this omnivore induces plant defences which decreased the performance of two of the herbivores, i.e.
Nina Xiaoning Zhang, Arne Janssen, Gerben J Messelink   +2 more
exaly   +8 more sources

Economic and financial model to the mass-rearing of Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur) (Heteroptera: Miridae), a biological control agent against the tomato moth Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in protected culture

Pest Management Science, 2023
This study aims to develop an economic and financial model to evaluate the commercial viability of a continuous mass production of Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur), based on farm‐level impact analysis and the benefit–cost analysis. Our results demonstrate that new projects on biological control agents' mass rearing are clearly worth investment.
Luísa Oliveira, António O Soares, Maria Batista   +2 more
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Inoculative release strategies of Macrolophus pygmaeus Rambur (Hemiptera: Miridae) in tomato crops: population dynamics and dispersal

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 2017
Macrolophus pygmaeus Rambur (Hemiptera: Miridae) is a key biological control agent in greenhouse tomato crops. In the present study, we describe the population dynamics of M. pygmaeus after release during two generations in semi-commercial greenhouses in
Rob Moerkens, Patrick De Clercq, Veerle van Damme   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

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Fitness and predation potential of Macrolophus pygmaeus reared under artificial conditions

Insect Science, 2011
Patrick De Clercq, Veronic de Puysseleyr, Björn Vandekerkhove   +2 more
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Taxonomic identification of Macrolophus pygmaeus and Macrolophus melanotoma based on morphometry and molecular markers

Bulletin of Entomological Research, 2012
AbstractTwo Macrolophus species, M. melanotoma (=M. caliginosus) and M. pygmaeus, have been referred to as efficient predators of several key pests on vegetable crops in Europe. However, due to the great morphological similarity of these species, they have been confused, with important consequences for inoculative releases of these predators in ...
C, Castañé, N, Agustí, J, Arnó, R, Gabarra, J, Riudavets, J, Comas, Ó, Alomar   +6 more
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Influence of photoperiod on development and maturation of Macrolophus pygmaeus (Hemiptera, Miridae)

Entomological Review, 2016
The effects of day length on development and reproductive maturation of zoophytophagous bug Macrolophus pygmaeus (= M. nubilis) were investigated under laboratory conditions using two strains originated from the environs of Rome, Italy (41.75°N, 12.30°E and 41.95°N., 12.80°E) and Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, Russia (43.9°N, 39.3°E).
I. M. Pazyuk, S. Ya. Reznik
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Artemia cysts as an alternative food for the predatory bug Macrolophus pygmaeus

Journal of Applied Entomology, 2009
AbstractThe suitability of cysts of the brine shrimp Artemia sp. as a factitious food for the predator Macrolophus pygmaeus Rambur was investigated. The influence of decapsulation time and hydration of the cysts on the performance of the predator were studied in the absence of plant material.
Vandekerkhove, B., Parmentier, L., van Stappen, G., Grenier, S., Febvay, Gérard, Rey, M., de Clercq, P.   +6 more
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Plant food effects on prey consumption by the omnivorous predator Macrolophus pygmaeus

Phytoparasitica, 2013
Omnivorous predatory Heteroptera are important biological control agents of pests in several crops. They can feed on plant food resources that may positively affect their biological characteristics. In the current paper, the influence of leaves and flowers on the predation rate of the omnivorous predator Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur) (Hemiptera ...
Dionyssios Lykouressis, Dionyssios Perdikis, Panagiota Charalampous   +2 more
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Temperature-dependent development of Macrolophus pygmaeus and its applicability to biological control

BioControl, 2017
A linear model and three nonlinear models (Logan type III, Lactin and Briere) were applied to Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur) (Hemiptera: Miridae) at constant temperatures and validated under diel temperature variation, and field conditions. Complete development from egg to adult, with >80% survivorship, occurred at nine constant temperatures between 15 ...
Héctor Martínez-García, María G. Sáenz-Romo, Miguel Aragón-Sánchez, Luis R. Román-Fernández, Eduardo Sáenz-de-Cabezón, Vicente S. Marco-Mancebón, Ignacio Pérez-Moreno   +6 more
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Assessment of pospiviroid transmission by myzus persicae, macrolophus pygmaeus and bombus terrestris

European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2015
During the past decade, pospiviroid outbreaks in tomato and sweet pepper crops have been regularly reported worldwide. Although seed transmission was often suspected, transmission from asymptomatic ornamentals and weeds through pruning tools, or via insect vectors could not be excluded.
Noémi Van Bogaert, Thibaut Olivier, Claude Bragard, Martine Maes, Guy Smagghe, Kris De Jonghe   +5 more
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