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Noncrop flowering plants restore top-down herbivore control in agricultural fields [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Herbivore populations are regulated by bottom-up control through food availability and quality and by top-down control through natural enemies. Intensive agricultural monocultures provide abundant food to specialized herbivores and at the same time ...
Pfiffner, Lukas   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Cannibalism in Buchananiella whitei (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) and its intraguild interactions with seven predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae & Laelapidae)

open access: yesPest Management Science, EarlyView.
Extraguild prey reduces cannibalism and intraguild predation in Buchananiella whitei, while first‐instar nymphs dominate most predatory mites, with outcomes affected by body size and behavioral traits. Abstract BACKGROUND Cannibalism and intraguild predation (IGP) are common interactions among predators that can influence the effectiveness of ...
Yuzhi Gong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pesticide use in integrated pest and pollinator management framework to protect pollinator health

open access: yesPest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 1691-1696, April 2025.
Integrated pest management (IPM) emphasizes non‐chemical methods, with pesticides as a last resort, while integrated pest and pollinator management (IPPM) integrates pollinator health into pest control strategies. Abstract Agricultural pesticides have historically been a critical tool in controlling pests and diseases, preventing widespread suffering ...
Ngoc T Phan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) as an ally for the control of the invasive yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)

open access: yesPest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 2237-2247, April 2025.
The predatory effect of the honey‐buzzard affects the reproductive performance of Asian‐hornet colonies, decreasing the density of workers over distance and time. The foraging distances of the honey‐buzzard concentrates within the first 2000 m from nest, which supports the results observed.
Jorge Ángel Martín‐Ávila   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential Nest Parasitism in Three Sympatric Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistes spp.) in the West Indies

open access: yesSociobiology, 2015
Jamaica's three species of social wasps were found nesting together in a suburban area.  Their nests gave evidence of markedly different parasitoid loads in the sequence Polistes crinitus > P. dorsalis > P. major.  Based on larval and pupal silk remains,
Christopher K Starr, John M Nelson
doaj   +1 more source

Community ecology of the ‘other’ parasitoids [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Opinion in Insect Science, 2016
The study of parasitoid communities is an active and dynamic field. Most studies, however, are focused primarily on parasitic wasps, despite the thousands of other insect parasitoids distributed across many lineages. Although questions in parasitoid community ecology are much the same for different groups, answers to these questions may not be due to ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Effects of timed LED regimes on tomato plant traits, performance of two‐spotted spider mites, and predatory mites (Phytoseiulus persimilis)

open access: yesPest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 2300-2311, April 2025.
Light‐emitting diode (LED)‐based treatments for enhancing crop production and pest management have primarily focused on continuous treatments. This study, using Tetranychus urticae and Phytoseiulus persimilis, demonstrates that the timing of LED supplementation is crucial for designing integrated pest management strategies that improve both plant ...
Patrice Savi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of a negative binomial host–parasitoid model with two maturation delays and impulsive resource input

open access: yesJournal of Biological Dynamics, 2019
To study the interaction of parasitoids and their insect hosts in laboratory environment, we propose a mathematical model incorporating impulsive resource inputs, stage-structure, maturation times and negative binomial distribution of parasitoid attacks.
Mingzhan Huang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Observation on the host parasitoid interaction between Periplaneta americana, the American cockroach and Tetrastichus hagenowii, an oothecal parasitoid

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1994
Investigations were carried out on the host parasitoid interaction between Periplaneta americana, the American cockroach and Tetrastichus hagenowii, an oothecal parasitoid. This gregarious female parasitoid infected and or oviposited in only one host and
R. Srinivasan, K. N. Panicker
doaj   +1 more source

The Path to Sustainability: Apricot Growers' Willingness to Adopt Agroecological Practises in Malatya, Türkiye

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global food system faces sustainability, safety, and equity challenges. Agroecological practises offer solutions through sustainable production and resource conservation. This study examines apricot producers' willingness to adopt agricultural practises in Malatya, Türkiye, focusing on their attitudes, behaviours and the factors ...
Deniz Sarica, Seydanur Albayrak
wiley   +1 more source

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