Abstract Tuta absoluta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a key insect pest, seriously
damaging tomato crops and inducing tremendous yield and economic losses. The area of …

The egg parasitoid Trichogramma japonicum (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) is used for
biological control of lepidopteran pests, and it could be used for optimizing Integrated Pest …

BACKGROUND Pesticides can be noxious to non‐target beneficial arthropods and their
negative effects have been recently recognized even at low doses. The predator …

Zoophytophagous hemipteran predators provide relevant biological control services and
their applications are consolidated in greenhouse pest management. The use of plant …

The bean flower thrips, Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall) is an economically important insect
pest of cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp in south China. Spinetoram is a newly available …

Paederus fuscipes is a general predator in rice fields and a non-target organism of
chlorantraniliprole, an effective insecticide for insect-pest control in paddy fields. Pesticide …

The development of effective control strategies targeting non-native ambrosia beetles
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) represents an emerging …

The combined use of chemicals and biological control is not always a successful strategy
owing to the potential side effects on biocontrol agents. Lethal and sublethal effects of three …

Background The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, is an invasive pest causing
significant economic losses worldwide. Current pest control strategies mainly rely on …

Abstract Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) an invasive
mealybug on cotton is primarily controlled by conventional insecticides. An endoparasitoid …