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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level
Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 5, Page 2448-2466, October 2026.ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini +13 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.Induced defense chemicals in plants determine the community structure of different insect (herbivore) groups. In particular, specialists are endemic and generalists are non‐endemic in the wild because of the ecological roles of induced secondary metabolites.
Suman Chakraborty, Stefan Schuster
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Journal of Morphology, Volume 287, Issue 9, September 2026.The insect stinger is among the best‐known venom‐delivery structures, yet its valvilli—paired flaps within the valve chamber—remain poorly understood. Using micro‐CT, histology, serial block‐face SEM and CLSM in the ant Diacamma nr. indicum, we show that the valvilli are not uniformly flexible flaps but are materially differentiated structures with ...
Alexandre Casadei‐Ferreira +6 more
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Pest Management Science, Volume 82, Issue 9, Page 8459-8467, September 2026.Host‐associated volatiles mediate host location in Cephalonomia tarsalis, with faecal odours from fourth‐instar larvae, particularly 1‐pentadecene, attracting females and supporting the biological control of stored‐product pest beetles. Abstract BACKGROUND Understanding how parasitoids locate their hosts is essential for improving the effectiveness of ...
Lidia del Arco +3 more
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Microbiome‐mediated chemical communication in insects: Implications for pest management
Pest Management Science, Volume 82, Issue 9, Page 8132-8151, September 2026.Microbiome–semiochemical interactions involve the following processes: direct microbial synthesis, host gene regulation, precursor biotransformation, microbiome modulation and indirect ecological signaling. Abstract Insects rely on semiochemicals to regulate aggregation, mating, foraging, and host selection. This review synthesizes evidence that insect‐
Ioannis Eleftherianos +6 more
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The Potential for Pest Management Using Plant‐Derived Signaling Compounds
Ecological Research, Volume 41, Issue 5, September 2026.Plant‐derived signaling compounds mediate ecological interactions among plants, herbivores, their natural enemies, and neighboring plants. This graphical summary highlights three approaches to leveraging such ecological interactions for environmentally benign pest management: (1) Recruitment of natural enemies: Using herbivory‐induced plant volatiles ...
Junji Takabayashi +4 more
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Integrating Cultural Evolution Into Ecological Dynamics
Ecological Research, Volume 41, Issue 5, September 2026.Cultural evolution in humans and non‐human animals enables rapid behavioral change through social learning, with culturally transmitted behaviors reshaping population dynamics, species interactions, and community structure. Integrating cultural processes into ecology reveals fast feedbacks among ecological, biological, and cultural evolutionary ...
Shota Shibasaki
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A chromosome-level genome assembly of the parasitoid wasp Eretmocerus hayati. [PDF]
Sci Data, 2023 Zhong YW +7 more
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Annals of Applied Biology, Volume 189, Issue 2, September 2026.Biological control is widely used in agriculture but rarely deployed in food manufacturing, where industry acceptability is unexamined. Semi‐structured interviews with 17 food manufacturing professionals across 15 facility contexts in northwest England and north Wales explored views on entomopathogenic fungi, Bacillus thuringiensis and parasitoid wasps.
Bethany Hadfield +3 more
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