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Physiological Host Range of the Tachinid Istocheta aldrichi, a Potential Biological Control Agent for the Japanese Beetle in Europe

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
This study provides the first laboratory assessment of the physiological host range of Istocheta aldrichi, a candidate biological control agent for Popillia japonica in Europe. In sequential no‐choice tests with 14 European scarab beetles, the parasitoid oviposited on six species but successfully developed only in the two Rutelinae Anomala vitis and ...
Riccardo Valenti, Victoria Makovetski, Marc Kenis, Tim Haye, M. Lukas Seehausen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant extracts to manage the parasitic weed branched broomrape (Phelipanche ramosa)

Phytopathologia Mediterranea
Some weeds have parasitic lifestyles, causing severe problems in agriculture. These plants include Phelipanche ramosa (L.) Pomel (branched broomrape). Greenhouse and nursery trials were carried out to assess control of P.
Ezzudeen EISAWI, Generosa CALABRESE, Angela BOARI, Maurizio VURRO   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Influence of the Plant Growth Regulator Maleic Hydrazide on Egyptian Broomrape Early Developmental Stages and Its Control Efficacy in Tomato under Greenhouse and Field Conditions

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
Broomrapes (Phelipanche spp. and Orobanche spp.) are holoparasitic plants that cause tremendous losses of agricultural crops worldwide. Broomrape control is extremely difficult and only amino acid biosynthesis-inhibiting herbicides present an acceptable ...
Ariel Venezian, Evgenia Dor, Guy Achdari, Dina Plakhine, Evgeny Smirnov, Joseph Hershenhorn   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life‐History Traits and Overwintering of Actia interrupta (Diptera: Tachinidae), a Larval Parasitoid of Choristoneura fumiferana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Actia interrupta is a larval tachinid parasitoid that plays a key role in regulating low‐density populations of the eastern spruce budworm. We describe its immature stages, life‐history traits, host‐searching behavior, development, and confirm its larviparous reproductive strategy.
Véronique Martel, Jacques Régnière, Jean‐Claude Thireau, Rob C. Johns   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emerging technologies for the chemical control of root parasitic weeds. [PDF]

J Pestic Sci, 2022
Kawada K, Koyama T, Takahashi I, Nakamura H, Asami T.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Parasitic wasp‐associated polydnavirus and venom affect arthropod community assembly on wild cabbage via the caterpillar host

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
Cotesia glomerata polydnavirus and venom, either alone or in combination, affect colonisation by members of the arthropod community in a natural field setting. Plants damaged by P. brassicae injected with both polydnavirus and venom were colonised more often by Mamestra brassicae caterpillars, Myzus persicae aphids and aphid parasitoids compared to ...
Sarah Naomi Kalisvaart, Gabriele Bolletta, Gabriel Joachim, Marcel Dicke, Maximilien A. C. Adam, Erik H. Poelman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incorporating knowledge of allelopathic interactions can improve productivity and sustainability of crop rotations in the semi-arid tropics

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Allelopathy in rainfed crop production systems can be a boon or bane for smallholder farmers depending on their crop choices in intercrops, sequences, and rotations.
Nageswara Rao Vajja, Holger Meinke, Martin J. Kropff, Niels P. Anten, Anthony M. Whitbread, Uttam Kumar, David Parsons   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agronomic performance of improved Cowpea varieties under natural infestation with Alectra vogelii (benth.) in the northern guinea savannah of Nigeria

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 2012
Field trials were conducted over three years at Samaru in the northern Guinea savannah ecological zone of Nigeria to evaluate the performance of 20 improved cowpea varieties under conditions of natural infestation by a parasitic weed, Alectra vogelii ...
Olufajo Olusoji Olaolu
doaj   +1 more source

Regenerative wheat management: The relative effects of farm practices on the biodiversity of invertebrates

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Wheat in North America harbours a diverse insect community (565 morphospecies were identified in this study), and pests represented <7% of specimens collected. Regenerative wheat management promoted insect diversity without increasing pest populations.
Daniel Pecenka, Kelton D. Welch, Arvid Boe, Jonathan G. Lundgren   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Floral resource availability and surrounding land cover influence bumble bee community composition in an agricultural landscape

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Multispecies occupancy models indicated that the occurrence of bumble bees was associated with local floral resources as well as the landscape surrounding a site within 1.6 km. Estimated species richness was greater at sites with more forest cover and lower at sites with more corn and soybean agriculture in the surrounding landscape.
Kelsey N. Shepherd, Anna M. Tucker, Amy L. Toth   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source