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Natural enemy diversity and pest control: patterns of pest emergence with agricultural intensification.

, 2002
Concern over declining biodiversity and the implications for continued provision of ecosystem services has led, recently, to intense research effort to describe relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Thomas, Matthew B., Wilby, Andrew
core  

Drought stress modulates indirect defense via bottom‐up effects in tomato and wheat

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
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.
Mariangela Milordo, Eya Ben Hmad, Maria Flavia Pitruzzello, Carmelo Cavallaro, Giuseppe Massimino Cocuzza, Lucia Zappalà, Peng Han, Antonio Biondi, Michele Ricupero   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding biodiversity effects on prey in multi-enemy systems

, 2006
Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning theory would predict that increasing natural enemy richness should enhance prey consumption rate due to functional complementarity of enemy species.
Thomas, Matthew B., Thomas, M. B., Casula, Paolo, Wilby, A., Wilby, Andrew, Casula, P.   +5 more
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Evaluating predatory arthropods for the biological control of the invasive Thrips parvispinus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in greenhouse sweet pepper

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
This study shows that Orius laevigatus, alone or with other predators, consistently achieved the highest suppression of Thrips parvispinus and improved plant productivity. Franklinothrips vespiformis coexisted with O. laevigatus, suggesting compatibility, while Amblyseius swirskii declined, indicating incompatibility. Individually, F. vespiformis and A.
Estefanía Rodríguez, Mario Porcel, Antonio Robledo, Lidia Lara, María del Mar Téllez, María del Mar Montoro, Clemente Martínez, Apostolos Pekas   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Field guide to prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) sources of natural enemy damage in South-Central Texas

Field guide to prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) sources of natural enemy damage in South-Central ...
Morrison, Colin, Bowman, Liz, Mann, Zach, Black, Caroline, Springer, Laura, Plowes, Rob, Patrock, Richard, Phelps, Paris, Jones, Nathan, Lawson, Jason   +9 more
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Dietary restriction induces persistent multigenerational phenotypic effects in Phytoseiulus persimilis

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
The study shows ancestral dietary restriction in Phytoseiulus persimilis produces persistent, sex‐specific, multi‐generational effects on survival and body size, with stronger maternal than paternal lineage influences despite nutritional recovery. Abstract BACKGROUND Transgenerational phenotypic plasticity (TGP) allows environmental effects to persist ...
Xia Chen, Keshi Zhang, Xiao Han, Yun Xu, Zhi‐Qiang Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mutant fixation in the presence of a natural enemy. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2023
Wodarz D, Komarova NL.
europepmc   +1 more source

Perceptions, challenges and determinants of management strategy choices for combating fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) infestation in Ghana

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Despite high awareness of fall armyworm, a significant gap remains in the use of sustainable and effective control measures. Farmers predominantly perceive synthetic pesticides as ideal despite studies highlighting botanical and traditional methods as more sustainable.
Richard Adabah, Robert Aidoo, Bright Owusu Asante, Amos Mensah, Seth Etuah, Gifty Boakye Appiah, Jonas Osei‐Adu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal control and multitrophic physiologically‐based models: The binomial for successful decision support systems in insect pest management

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Decision‐making in integrated pest management (IPM) corresponds to an optimisation problem where the plant–pest dynamics and the control actions are constraints and where the objective function accounts for the costs of the treatments and the total income at the harvest time.
Luca Rossini, Ouassim Benhamouche, Emanuele Garone   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban warming trumps natural enemy regulation of herbivorous pests

, 2015
Trees provide ecosystem services that counter negative effects of urban habitats on human and environmental health. Unfortunately, herbivorous arthropod pests are often more abundant on urban than rural trees, reducing tree growth, survival, and ...
Steven D. Frank (395029), Adam Dale (588943)   +1 more
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