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Temperature-Driven Selection of Predatory Mirid Bugs for Improving Aphid Control in Sweet Pepper Crops

Horticulturae, 2023
Recent studies have suggested that predatory mirid bugs may be an effective alternative for controlling aphids in sweet pepper greenhouses. This study examined the effect of three constant temperatures (18, 24, and 30 °C) on the life history traits of ...
Meritxell Pérez-Hedo, Virginia Pedroche, Alberto Urbaneja   +2 more
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Drought stress modulates indirect defense via bottom-up effects in tomato and wheat. [PDF]

Pest Manag Sci
Different water regimes can have a significant impact on plant morphology and defense pathways in tomato and wheat, triggering multiple olfactory choices in biocontrol agents of key insect pests. These findings could be used to implement biocontrol strategies within the IPM context under a changing climate scenario.
Milordo M, Hmad EB, Pitruzzello MF, Cavallaro C, Cocuzza GM, Zappalà L, Han P, Biondi A, Ricupero M.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Combined thermal and insecticidal stresses on the generalist predator Macrolophus pygmaeus

Science of The Total Environment, 2020
Ecotoxicological risk assessments of pesticides on non-target arthropods are often carried out under constant and optimal temperature regimes. However, living organisms rarely experience these conditions in real field situations. Understanding the impact of pesticides on non-target beneficial arthropods under temperature stresses is especially ...
Ricupero M., Abbes K., Haddi K., Kurtulus A., Desneux N., Russo A., Siscaro G., Biondi A., Zappala L.   +8 more
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Elliptic Fourier Analysis in the Study of the Male Genitalia to Discriminate Three Macrolophus Species (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Insects, 2017
Within the genus Macrolophus (Heteroptera: Miridae), the species M. costalis (Fieber), M. melanotoma (Costa) and M. pygmaeus (Rambur) are present in the Mediterranean region on a wide variety of plant species. While M.
A. M. Jauset, E. Edo-Tena, P. M. Parés-Casanova, C. Castañé, N. Agustí, O. Alomar   +5 more
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Oviposition behavior of the mirid Macrolophus pygmaeus under risk of intraguild predation and cannibalism [PDF]

Insect Science, 2020
AbstractZoophytophagous mirid species, that feed and develop either on prey or plant resources, are often found simultaneously on the same host. Hence, these species can engage in both intraguild predation and cannibalism, which can pose a threat to mirid eggs.
François Dumont, Éric Lucas, Oscar Alomar   +2 more
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Keep an eye on natural enemies: What Aphidius on sticky traps tells us about aphid pest population dynamics

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 171, Issue 10, Page 722-731, October 2023., 2023
We investigated the approach of indirect monitoring of unwinged aphids by yellow sticky trap catches of its flying natural enemy in greenhouses. We assessed the population density of the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae), via the foraging activities of Aphidius colemani (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), in a cucumber crop.
Björn Grupe, Christine Dieckhoff, Rainer Meyhöfer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Macrolophus pygmaeus

, 2020
Published as part of Roca-Cusachs, Marcos, Suárez, Daniel, Osorio, Víctor, García-Becerra, Rafael, García-Pérez, Javier, Hernández-Teixidor, David, Pérez-Delgado, Antonio José, Pérez-Valcárcel, Javier, París, Mercedes, Oromí, Pedro & Goula, Marta, 2020, Updated check-list and geographic database of new chorological data of true bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera,
Roca-Cusachs, Marcos, Suárez, Daniel, Osorio, Víctor, García-Becerra, Rafael, García-Pérez, Javier, Hernández-Teixidor, David, Pérez-Delgado, Antonio José, Pérez-Valcárcel, Javier, París, Mercedes, Oromí, Pedro, Goula, Marta   +10 more
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Effect of simulated heat waves on the behaviour of two mirid predators

Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 147, Issue 7, Page 486-498, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Extreme climatic events, including heat waves with high‐temperature peaks during the day, are expected to occur more often in many parts of the world due to climate change and may exert negative effects on existing biological control strategies.
Leticia Duarte Martinez, Jörg Romeis, Jana Collatz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combined use of zoophytophagous mirids for sustainable biological protection of greenhouse tomato crops

CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2023
Tuta absoluta and Bemisia tabaci are two key worldwide tomato pests. In response to chemical control limits, the use of zoophytophagous mirid predators as biocontrol agents is being increasingly studied and proposed for the management of these pests ...
Kouassi A. J. Konan, Coline C. Jaworski, Lucie S. Monticelli, Mnqobi Zuma, Roger Boll, Marie-France N. Kouadio, Thibaud Martin, Benjamin Gard, Roselyne Souriau, Anne-Violette Lavoir, Nicolas Desneux   +10 more
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Effects of far‐red light on tritrophic interactions between the two‐spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) and the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis on tomato

Pest Management Science, Volume 79, Issue 5, Page 1820-1828, May 2023., 2023
The addition of far‐red light (730 nm) increases population development of spider mite pests on tomato. However, under far‐red light conditions, the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis is still able to adequately suppress spider mite numbers to similar levels as under control light. Abstract BACKGROUND The use of light‐emitting diode (LED) lights in
Davy Meijer, Jaimie van der Vleut, Berhane T. Weldegergis, Thibault Costaz, Marcus Vinicius Alfenas Duarte, Apostolos Pekas, Joop J. A. van Loon, Marcel Dicke   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source