Sown or natural flower strips are a commonly used management practice in agroecosystems
and have been demonstrated to increase the abundance of predators of orchard pests …

Charipinae is an important subfamily of aphid hyperparasitoids. As aphids are some of the
most significant pests in the world, studying the insect community associated with them is of …

One of the most economically important groups of plants, the Brassica crops are cultivated
throughout the world for their application as food, feed and vegetable oil purposes …

Context Maintaining a balance between semi-natural habitats and arable land is not always
feasible for farmers. The promotion of biological control agents can be addressed through …

Brevicoryne brassicae (L), Lipaphis erysimi (Kalt) and Myzus persicae (Sultzer)(Homoptera:
Aphididae) form the aphid complex that causes great losses in Brassicaceae in tropical and …

Natural factors regulate Myzus persicae populations in Brassicaceae crops. Ecological life
table analysis is a robust tool that allows the estimation of the mortality caused by these …

Brassica carinata has the potential to become an economical biofuel winter crop in the
Southeast US An IPM program is needed to provide management recommendations for B …

Aphidius colemani (Viereck) was reported in Brazil before the Biological Control Program of
Wheat Aphids (BCPWA) when Mediterranean genotypes were introduced from France and …

Abstract The Charipinae Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 1910 present in the Palaearctic region are
revised; 2410 specimens have been identified, belonging to 75 species: 52 to Alloxysta, one …

Brevicoryne brassicae is an important pest of cabbage crops. In addition to the chemical
controls usually used in agroecosystems, natural factors contribute to aphid mortality. In this …