[HTML][HTML] Floral resources and ground covers promote natural enemies but not pest insects in apple orchards: A global meta-analysis

C Judt, D Korányi, JG Zaller, P Batáry - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, agricultural intensification has led to a loss of biodiversity and associated
ecosystem services such as natural pest control. Conservation biological control addresses …

Induction of plant defenses: the added value of zoophytophagous predators

M Pérez-Hedo, S Bouagga, NX Zhang… - Journal of Pest …, 2022 - Springer
Several biological control agents of the hemipteran insect families Miridae, Anthocoridae
and Pentatomidae, as well as mites of the family Phytoseiidae are known as …

[HTML][HTML] The Protective and Therapeutic Anti-Alzheimer Potential of Olea europaea L. cv. Picual: An In Silico and In Vivo Study

AA Bagalagel, SS El-Hawary, R Alaaeldin… - Metabolites, 2022 - mdpi.com
LC-HRESIMS metabolomic profiling of Olea europaea L. cv. Picual (OEP)(Saudi Arabian
olive cultivar, F. Oleacea) revealed 18 compounds. Using pharmacology networking to …

Elucidating the trophic role of Tapinoma ibericum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as a potential predator of olive pests

HA Álvarez, A García‐García… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ants play a key role in improving the structure and function of local communities. They
interact with plants, herbivores, predators and parasitoids and are able to change their …

[HTML][HTML] Prays oleae (Bernard), its potential predators and biocontrol depend on the structure of the surrounding landscape

S Pascual, M Ortega, M Villa - Biological Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Arthropod populations from agricultural fields sometimes depend on the surrounding
landscape structure, both composition and configuration, which affects multiple life-history …

[HTML][HTML] A meta-analysis of biocontrol potential and herbivore pressure in olive crops: Does integrated pest management make a difference?

S Vasconcelos, M Jonsson, R Heleno, F Moreira… - Basic and Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural policies in the European Union (EU) are increasingly promoting organic
management and integrated pest management (IPM) as environmentally friendly …

Ants and predators cope with pest pressures by interacting with the surrounding vegetation at low spatial scales

HA Álvarez, G Clemente‐Orta… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biological control of pests can be enhanced by the presence of semi‐natural habitats within
agricultural landscapes. However, this assumption remains controversial due to …

Ecología del movimiento de artrópodos y el control biológico: desde el laboratorio hasta el paisaje

HA Álvarez, G Clemente-Orta - Ecosistemas, 2023 - revistaecosistemas.net
Los artrópodos conforman una parte importante de la biodiversidad de los ecosistemas
terrestres, teniendo un rol clave en las cadenas tróficas, proveyendo de uno de los servicios …

Methodological approach to spatial analysis of agricultural pest dispersal in olive landscapes

A Moreno, AJ Rescia, S Pascual, M Ortega - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2022 - Springer
The effectiveness of a Geographical Information Systems cost-distance tool for detecting
landscape permeability in relation to the movement of pests in olive landscapes was …

[HTML][HTML] The assemblage of beetles in the olive grove and surrounding Mediterranean shrublands in Portugal

KL Kubiak, JA Pereira, D Tessaro, SAP Santos… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
The olive tree is perfectly adapted to the Mediterranean region, where it represents high
economic, social, and landscape importance, olive orchards being an important repository of …