Climate change and managing insect pests and beneficials in agricultural systems

SD Eigenbrode, S Adhikari - Agronomy Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is expected to alter pressure from insect pests and the effectiveness of
insect pollinators across diverse agricultural systems globally. In response to warming …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of agricultural management systems on biodiversity and ecosystem services in highly simplified dryland landscapes

S Adhikari, A Adhikari, DK Weaver, A Bekkerman… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Covering about 40% of Earth's land surface and sustaining at least 38% of global
population, drylands are key crop and animal production regions with high economic and …

Diversified farming in a monoculture landscape: effects on honey bee health and wild bee communities

AL St. Clair, G Zhang, AG Dolezal… - Environmental …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In the last century, a global transformation of Earth's surface has occurred due to human
activity with extensive agriculture replacing natural ecosystems. Concomitant declines in …

The context‐dependent benefits of organic farming on pollinator biodiversity: A meta‐analysis

E Walker, R Wooliver, L Russo… - Journal of Applied …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification is driving declines in pollinator diversity and the degradation of
pollination services worldwide. Organic management, which prohibits the use of synthetic …

Predicted climate conditions and cover crop composition modify weed communities in semiarid agroecosystems

ME DuPre, T Seipel, M Bourgault, DL Boss… - Weed …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The US Northern Great Plains is one of the largest expanses of small grain
agriculture, but excessive reliance on off‐farms inputs and predicted warmer and drier …

[HTML][HTML] Pan traps for tracking honey bee activity-density: a case study in soybeans

AL St. Clair, AG Dolezal, ME O'Neal, AL Toth - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
To study how honey bees utilize forage resources and guide pollination management plans
in crops, a multitude of methods have been developed, but most are time consuming, costly …

[PDF][PDF] Wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus)

D Weaver - Advances in understanding insect pests affecting …, 2023 - bdschapters.com
The wheat stem sawfly (WSS), Cephus cinctus Norton, has been a major pest of cereal grain
production in the Northern Great Plains of North America for well over a century (Beres et al …

Impacts of edible weeds on other components of the associated biodiversity

F Menalled, S Adhikari - Agroecology of Edible Weeds and Noncrop Plants, 2025 - Elsevier
Agroecosystems are, at their core, composed of interacting species. Farmers take advantage
of specific technological packages to manage their crops and animals (ie, the planned …

Megporzóközösségek vizsgálata permakultúrás, ökológiai és konvencionális gazdaságokban a Szentendrei-szigeten

FA Mészáros, A Szilágyi, R Kun, M Sárospataki - Tájökológiai Lapok, 2021 - journal.ke.hu
Az emberi népesség erőteljes növekedésével párhuzamos mezőgazdasági intenzifikáció
következtében fokozottabban kell figyelnünk a források felelős használatára és az …