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The effects of ants on pest control: a meta-analysis. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2022 Environmental impacts of conventional agriculture have generated interest in sustainable agriculture. Biological pest control is a fundamental tool, and ants are key players providing ecological services, as well as some disservices.
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Journal of Pest Science, 2023 One of the main negative effects of climate change on biological pest control is alteration of relationships between insect pests and their natural enemies (both entomophagous and entomopathogenic).
E. Quesada-Moraga +4 more
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Insects, 2023 Campoletis chlorideae has great biocontrol potential against some major noctuid pests. In order to achieve the commercial development and utilization of C.
Liangheng Tian +7 more
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RNA interference in insects: the link between antiviral defense and pest control
Insect Science, 2023 RNA interference (RNAi) is a form of gene silencing triggered by double‐stranded RNA (dsRNA) that operates in all eukaryotic cells. RNAi has been widely investigated in insects to determine the underlying molecular mechanism, to investigate its role in ...
J. Niu, Ruoyu Chen, Jinjun Wang
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Role of gut symbionts of insect pests: A novel target for insect-pest control
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Insects possess beneficial and nuisance values in the context of the agricultural sector and human life around them. An ensemble of gut symbionts assists insects to adapt to diverse and extreme environments and to occupy every available niche on earth ...
Pravara S. Rupawate +6 more
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Journal of Applied Ecology, 2022 1. Conventional agriculture in the global north is typically characterized by large monocultures, commonly managed with high levels of pesticide or fertilizer input and mechanization.
V. Alarcón-Segura +4 more
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Behavioral Manipulation for Pest Control [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Pest control is moving towards a dramatic reduction in pesticide-based approaches in favor of more eco-friendly strategies characterized by the promotion of ecological intensification of agriculture and reduction of human inputs (especially pesticides) [...]
Mazzoni, V., Anfora, G.
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Interacting pest control and pollination services in coffee systems
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022 Significance Food production depends on biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) such as pest control and pollination. Our knowledge about biodiversity benefits to crop production has increased in recent decades, but most studies treat ES separately and ...
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Insects, 2021 Simple Summary Currently, there is great global research interest in the use of novel methods of protection against agricultural, storage, and urban pests, particularly in the use of botanical substances and nontoxic materials.
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BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background Elongated rostra play an important role in the egg-laying of weevils, and its emergence plays a key role in the adaptive radiation of weevils. Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus Motschulsky and E.
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