Economic value of biological control in integrated pest management of managed plant systems

SE Naranjo, PC Ellsworth… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Biological control is an underlying pillar of integrated pest management, yet little focus has
been placed on assigning economic value to this key ecosystem service. Setting biological …

Does landscape composition affect pest abundance and their control by natural enemies? A review

A Veres, S Petit, C Conord, C Lavigne - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Landscape management could contribute to sustainable pest control. Landscape
composition, in particular, could either directly impact a pest abundance by affecting its …

Movement of insect pests in agricultural landscapes

D Mazzi, S Dorn - Annals of Applied Biology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Insect pests continue to exact a high toll on agricultural production, in spite of intense
agrochemical input. The movement of insect pests from one place to another underlies their …

Exploiting Allee effects for managing biological invasions

PC Tobin, L Berec, AM Liebhold - Ecology letters, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 615–624 Abstract Biological invasions are a global and
increasing threat to the function and diversity of ecosystems. Allee effects (positive density …

Habitat management for pest management: limitations and prospects

M González-Chang, S Tiwari, S Sharma… - Annals of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Habitat management is an important strategy for pest control in integrated pest management
(IPM). Various categories of habitat management such as trap crop**, intercrop** …

Experimental evidence that the effectiveness of conservation biological control depends on landscape complexity

M Jonsson, CS Straub, RK Didham… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The expansion of intensive agricultural practices is a major threat to biodiversity and to the
delivery of ecosystem services on which humans depend. Local‐scale conservation …

Alternative strategies for controlling wireworms in field crops: A review

S Poggi, R Le Cointe, J Lehmhus, M Plantegenest… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wireworms, the soil-dwelling larvae of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae), comprise major
pests of several crops worldwide, including maize and potatoes. The current trend towards …

Wildflower plantings enhance the abundance of natural enemies and their services in adjacent blueberry fields

BR Blaauw, R Isaacs - Biological Control, 2015 - Elsevier
Wildflower plantings can support local abundance of natural enemies, but their influence on
biological control of pests in adjacent crop fields is less well documented. To test whether …

The organic vineyard as a balanced ecosystem: Improved organic grape management and impacts on wine quality

C Provost, K Pedneault - Scientia horticulturae, 2016 - Elsevier
Worldwide interest for organic farming increased significantly since the last decade. Wine
makes no exception to this trend, as consumer demand for organic wines and environmental …

Impacts of wildflower interventions on beneficial insects in fruit crops: A review

MT Fountain - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Declines in insects, including pollinators, are leading to public pressure for
governments and landowners to intervene. Although integrated pest management, used to …