Nontarget pesticide impacts on pest natural enemies: Progress and gaps in current knowledge

RA Schmidt-Jeffris - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•New pesticides are more selective, but no pesticide is universally
'harmless'.•Ground-dwelling natural enemies and studies on herbicides are under …

Toxicity of insecticides and miticides to natural enemies in Australian grains: A review

K Overton, AA Hoffmann, OL Reynolds, PA Umina - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Controlling invertebrate pests in crop fields using chemicals has been the
main management strategy within the Australian grains industry for decades. However …

Arthropods on grapes benefit more from fungicide reduction than from organic farming

JM Reiff, K Sudarsan, C Hoffmann… - Pest management …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Pesticides are considered main contributors to global arthropod declines
and therefore may decrease the provision of ecosystem services such as natural pest …

Diverse herbaceous cover crops promote vineyard arthropod diversity across different management regimes

M Geldenhuys, R Gaigher, JS Pryke… - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification threatens biodiversity, requiring a shift to agroecological farming.
Identifying locally-specific management practices that can effectively enhance biodiversity …

Side effects of selected insecticides on the Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) predators Macrolophus pygmaeus and Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera: Miridae …

J Arnó, R Gabarra - Journal of Pest Science, 2011 - Springer
Tuta absoluta is a pest native to South America that produces significant damage to tomato
crops and was first detected in Europe in late 2006. Data obtained during 2008 from …

Incorporating ecologically relevant measures of pesticide effect for estimating the compatibility of pesticides and biocontrol agents

JD Stark, R Vargas, JE Banks - Journal of economic entomology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The compatibility of biological control agents with pesticides is a central concern in
integrated pest management programs. The most common assessments of compatibility …

Broad spectrum pesticide application alters natural enemy communities and may facilitate secondary pest outbreaks

MP Hill, S Macfadyen, MA Nash - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Background Pesticide application is the dominant control method for arthropod pests in
broad-acre arable systems. In Australia, organophosphate pesticides are often applied …

Vegetation increases the abundance of natural enemies in vineyards

LJ Thomson, AA Hoffmann - Biological Control, 2009 - Elsevier
Non-crop areas can increase the abundance of natural invertebrate enemies on farmland
and assist in invertebrate pest control, but the relative benefits of different types of vegetation …

Organic farming and cover-crop management reduce pest predation in Austrian vineyards

JM Reiff, S Kolb, MH Entling, T Herndl, S Möth… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Global declines in arthropods necessitate a rethinking of current
agricultural practices. Organic farming, complex landscapes with high proportions of …

Effects of native grass cover crops on beneficial and pest invertebrates in Australian vineyards

A Danne, LJ Thomson, DJ Sharley… - Environmental …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Indigenous cover crops have the potential to promote an increase in natural enemies
providing fortuitous control of pest species and other ecosystem services. We test this idea in …