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FIGURES 6–11 in First New Zealand record of the genus Macrolophus Fieber, 1858 (Hemiptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae: Dicyphini): Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur, 1839), a beneficial predacious insect

, 2008
FIGURES 6–11 Bryocorinae now in New Zealand. 6–7 Macrolophus pygmaeus (Auckland): 6, male; 7, fifth instar. 8–10 Engytatus nicotianae (Auckland): 8, male; 9, fourth instar; 10, fifth instar.
George, S., Marais, T., Eyles, A. C.
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Entomopathogenic Nematodes Induce Metabolic Reallocation in Maize Roots Without Altering the Performance of Two Root Herbivores, Diabrotica virgifera and Diabrotica balteata

Plant, Cell &Environment, Volume 48, Issue 12, Page 8561-8572, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are key biological control agents in agriculture, but their direct effects on plant metabolism and resistance to herbivory remain underexplored. By combining transcriptomic, metabolomic, and herbivore assays, this study aimed at providing a holistic description of maize root responses to EPNs and to assess ...
Arletys M. Verdecia‐Mogena, Paul A. Himmighofen, Pierre Mateo, Keerthi Divakaran, Mirco Hecht, Rimjhim R. Choudhury, Christian Parisod, Christelle A. M. Robert   +7 more
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Tomato Inoculation With a Non-pathogenic Strain of Fusarium oxysporum Enhances Pest Control by Changing the Feeding Preference of an Omnivorous Predator

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Mirid predators, a special group of plant-feeding omnivorous predators, have become important biological control agents for pest control in greenhouse cropping systems. Their efficacy and behavior may potentially be affected by microorganisms that induce
Julia Eschweiler, Renata van Holstein-Saj, H. Marjolein Kruidhof, Alexander Schouten, Gerben J. Messelink   +4 more
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Selection for zoophagy influences biocontrol efficacy and fruit damage by Dicyphus hesperus in greenhouses

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 173, Issue 6, Page 522-531, June 2025.
Dicyphus hesperus, a zoophytophagous predator, effectively controls Bemisia tabaci in tomato greenhouses. Highly zoophagous lines rapidly reduced whitefly populations without causing significant damage to tomatoes, whereas lowly zoophagous lines were equally efficient over time but caused more damage.
François Dumont, Mireia Solà Cassi, Maud Lemay, Caroline Provost   +3 more
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Determination of Predators and Parasitoids of Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Different Tomato Varieties Cultivated in Open Fields in Diyarbakır Province

Research in Agricultural Sciences
This study was conducted to determine predators and parasitoids of the tomato leafminer [Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)] in open field tomato cultivation areas in Diyarbakir province during 2021–2022.
Selime Ölmez Bayhan, Ozan Akat
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Population genetic structure of the biological control agent Macrolophus pygmaeus in Mediterranean agroecosystems

Insect Science, 2016
AbstractBiological control of agricultural pests relies on knowledge of agroecosystem functionality, particularly when affected by the use of mass‐produced biological agents. Incorporating pre‐ and/or post‐release information such as genetic diversity and structure on these agents using molecular‐based approaches could advance our knowledge of how they
Streito, Jean-Claude, Clouet, Cecile, Hamdi, Faten, Gauthier, Nathalie   +3 more
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The omnivorous predator Macrolophus pygmaeus induces production of plant volatiles that attract a specialist predator

Journal of Pest Science, 2022
It has become clear that omnivorous predators can induce plant defences that affect the performance and host plant choice of herbivores. They are also known to induce the production of plant volatiles that can affect the behaviour of herbivores searching for plants.
Nina Xiaoning Zhang, Joke Andringa, Jitske Brouwer, Juan M. Alba, Ruy W. J. Kortbeek, Gerben J. Messelink, Arne Janssen   +6 more
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The effectiveness of indirect plant defence is dependent on plant competition

Journal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 5, Page 1057-1067, May 2025.
We investigated whether plant competition influences the effects of parasitoids on plant fitness. Using a full‐factorial open‐field experiment, we tested three levels of herbivory and plant competition. Our results show that parasitoids enhance plant fitness, but only in high plant density, when competing plants are attacked by unparasitized herbivores,
Maximilien A. C. Cuny, Jorad de Vries, Mitchel E. Bourne, Daan Mertens, Rieta Gols, Erik H. Poelman   +5 more
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Direct and residual toxicity of insecticides to the predatory mirid Macrolophus pygmaeus

, 2022
U integriranoj zaštiti biljaka često se nameće potreba istovremenog suzbijanja štetnika upotrebom kemijskih sredstava i pomoću prirodnih neprijatelja. U takvim je slučajevima od izuzetne važnosti poznavati učinak pojedinih insekticida na što veći broj ...
Miholić, Luka
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Light‐emitting diode traps in commercial greenhouses: A field study report on Encarsia formosa bycatch

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 173, Issue 1, Page 40-48, January 2025.
Yellow sticky traps (YSTs) and green light‐emitting diode (LED) traps were compared to investigate their attractiveness to the whitefly parasitoid Encarsia formosa (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) under practical growing conditions in the greenhouse. The results demonstrate LED traps being less attractive to this parasitoid and other beneficials than ...
Björn Grupe, Rainer Meyhöfer
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