Zoophytophagy in predatory Hemiptera [PDF]
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2009 Predaceous hemipteran feeding on different trophic levels have raised questions about their ecology and role in biological control. Therefore, specific adaptations allowing them to simultaneously use plants and animals as sources for their nutritional ...
Jorge B. Torres
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From Evolutionary Aspects of Zoophytophagy to Biological Control [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Zoophytophagy (true omnivory) is a ubiquitous behavior. It allows plant-feeding predators to maximize their development by finding essential nutrients, and to survive when animal resources are scarce. In agroecosystems, some zoophytophagous predators are
François Dumont +3 more
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The role of phytophagy by predators in shaping plant interactions with their pests [PDF]
Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2016 Zoophytophagy is common among predacious arthropods, but research on their role in plant-herbivore interactions is generally focused on predation effects whereas their phytophagy is largely neglected.
Maria L. Pappas +2 more
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Half Friend, Half Enemy? Comparative Phytophagy between Two Dicyphini Species (Hemiptera: Miridae) [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Despite their importance as biological control agents, zoophytophagous dicyphine mirids can produce economically important damage. We evaluated the phytophagy and potential impact on tomato plants of Dicyphus cerastii and Nesidiocoris tenuis.
Elisabete Figueiredo +1 more
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Functional Responses of Three Neotropical Mirid Predators to Eggs of Tuta absoluta on Tomato [PDF]
Insects, 2016 Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) has quickly developed into a significant tomato pest worldwide. While the recently found mirid predators Macrolophus basicornis (Stal), Engytatus varians (Distant) and Campyloneuropsis infumatus (Carvalho) of this pest are able to
Lia Hemerik +2 more
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Can Macrolophus pygmaeus (Hemiptera: Miridae) Mitigate the Damage Caused to Plants by Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)? [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Nowadays, in protected vegetable crops, pest management based mainly on biological control represents the most sustainable alternative to pesticide use.
Alessia Farina +3 more
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Basic Studies Aiming at Orius minutus (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) Mass-Rearing [PDF]
Insects, 2022 This study presented biological and economic data for the mass-rearing of Orius minutus in Korea. Simplifying the mass-rearing process through an alternative diet and an artificial oviposition substrate is a prerequisite for enhancing the usability of ...
Hye-Jeong Jun +2 more
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Jekyll or Hyde? The genome (and more) of Nesidiocoris tenuis, a zoophytophagous predatory bug that is both a biological control agent and a pest. [PDF]
Insect Mol Biol, 2021 The annotated genome of predatory mirid Nesidiocoris tenuis presented here was generated from a single female insect using a linked‐read sequencing and assembly strategy. Potential contaminants and/or endosymbionts were identified during assembly decontamination along with putative lateral gene transfer candidates.
Ferguson KB +10 more
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Lack of macronutrients in Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake (Myrtaceae) seedlings affects feed and development of Podisus nigrispinus (Hemiptera: pentatomidae) [PDF]
Bioscience Journal, 2017 Several studies have reported the importance of phytophagy in the history of life from predator stinkbugs. However, knowledge of the nutrients acquired by these insects, from plant materials, is scarce. The phytophagy studies of zoophytophagous predators
Estela Rosana Durães Vieira +5 more
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Zoophytophagy in insect predators: Implications for rearing
2016 International Congress of Entomology, 2016 Patrick De Clercq
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