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Sociobiology, 2018 Social wasps play important ecological roles, such as the natural biological control of other arthropods as well as major components of the flower-visiting insect guild.
Gabriel Castro Jacques +5 more
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Niche overlap and daily activity pattern of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in kale crops
Sociobiology, 2018 Kale (Brassica oleraceae var. acephala) is of great importance in human nutrition and local agricultural economies, but its growth is impaired by the attack of several insect pests.
Gabriel Castro Jacques +4 more
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Occurrence of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in a Sugarcane Culture
Sociobiology, 2018 Predation of Lepidoptera caterpillars - including agricultural pest species - is one of the main ways through which social wasps gather proteinaceous resources.
Bruno Corrêa Barbosa +3 more
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Sociobiology, 2015 The literature provides different methodologies for collecting social wasps, including, flight intercept trap type Malaise and Attractive trap, however, there is no consensus on its use. In this respect, the aim of this study was to evaluate the best use
Marcos Magalhães Souza +3 more
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High-Quality Assemblies for Three Invasive Social Wasps from the Vespula Genus. [PDF]
G3 (Bethesda), 2020 Social wasps of the genus Vespula have spread to nearly all landmasses worldwide and have become significant pests in their introduced ranges, affecting economies and biodiversity.
Harrop TWR +22 more
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The potential for a CRISPR gene drive to eradicate or suppress globally invasive social wasps. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 CRISPR gene drives have potential for widespread and cost-efficient pest control, but are highly controversial. We examined a potential gene drive targeting spermatogenesis to control the invasive common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) in New Zealand.
Lester PJ +5 more
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Social wasps are effective biocontrol agents of key lepidopteran crop pests. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2019 Biocontrol agents can help reduce pest populations as part of an integrated pest management scheme, with minimal environmental consequences. However, biocontrol agents are often non-native species and require significant infrastructure; overuse of single
Southon RJ +3 more
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Pest Control Potential of Social Wasps in Small Farms and Urban Gardens. [PDF]
Insects, 2019 In environments undergoing constant transformation due to human action, such as deforestation and urbanization, the emergence of pests has become a challenge for agriculture and human welfare.
Prezoto F +4 more
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Reproduction and signals regulating worker policing under identical hormonal control in social wasps. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 In social Hymenoptera, fertility and fertility signalling are often under identical hormonal control, and it has been suggested that such hormonal pleiotropies can help to maintain signal honesty. In the common wasp Vespula vulgaris, for example, fertile
Oi CA +3 more
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Induces Immune Enhancing and Shapes Gut Microbiota in Social Wasps. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2019 Trained immunity is the enhanced response of the innate immune system to a secondary infection after an initial encounter with a microorganism. This non-specific response to reinfection is a primitive form of adaptation that has been shown to be ...
Meriggi N +10 more
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