Habitat management to suppress pest populations: progress and prospects

GM Gurr, SD Wratten, DA Landis… - Annual review of …, 2017‏ - annualreviews.org
Habitat management involving manipulation of farmland vegetation can exert direct
suppressive effects on pests and promote natural enemies. Advances in theory and practical …

Sustainable pest regulation in agricultural landscapes: a review on landscape composition, biodiversity and natural pest control

FJJA Bianchi, CJH Booij… - Proceedings of the …, 2006‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Agricultural intensification has resulted in a simplification of agricultural landscapes by the
expansion of agricultural land, enlargement of field size and removal of non-crop habitat …

[كتاب][B] Relationships of natural enemies and non-prey foods

JG Lundgren - 2009‏ - books.google.com
Feeding on Non-Prey Resources by Natural Enemies Moshe Coll Reports on the
consumption of non-prey food sources, particularly plant materials, by predators and …

Resource acquisition, allocation, and utilization in parasitoid reproductive strategies

MA Jervis, J Ellers, JA Harvey - Annu. Rev. Entomol., 2008‏ - annualreviews.org
Parasitoids display remarkable inter-and intraspecific variation in their reproductive and
associated traits. Adaptive explanations have been proposed for many of the between-trait …

Mechanisms for flowering plants to benefit arthropod natural enemies of insect pests: Prospects for enhanced use in agriculture

ZX Lu, PY Zhu, GM Gurr, XS Zheng, DMY Read… - Insect …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Reduction of noncrop habitats, intensive use of pesticides and high levels of disturbance
associated with intensive crop production simplify the farming landscape and bring about a …

Honeydew as a food source for natural enemies: making the best of a bad meal?

FL Wäckers, PCJ Van Rijn, GE Heimpel - Biological Control, 2008‏ - Elsevier
The majority of predators and parasitoids require non-prey food as part of their diet. The
availability of suitable non-prey food can impact predator–prey and parasitoid–host …

The impact of adult diet on parasitoid reproductive performance

G Benelli, G Giunti, A Tena, N Desneux, A Caselli… - Journal of Pest …, 2017‏ - Springer
Diet is one of the most common influences on parasitoid reproductive traits. The life span,
mating ability, fecundity, fertility and sex ratio of parasitoids can be affected by the quality of …

Microorganisms from aphid honeydew attract and enhance the efficacy of natural enemies

PD Leroy, A Sabri, S Heuskin, P Thonart… - Nature …, 2011‏ - nature.com
Aphids are one of the most serious pests of crops worldwide, causing major yield and
economic losses. To control aphids, natural enemies could be an option but their efficacy is …

Optimizing field margins for biocontrol services: the relative role of aphid abundance, annual floral resources, and overwinter habitat in enhancing aphid natural …

MW Ramsden, R Menéndez, SR Leather… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Insect predators and parasitoids act as biological pest control agents in agro-ecosystems,
and thus provide valuable ecosystem services. These natural enemies of pest species often …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of flower attractiveness and nectar availability in field margins on biological control by parasitoids

FJJA Bianchi, FL Wäckers - Biological control, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Flowering plants have been shown to differ with regard to their attractiveness to parasitoids
and nectar accessibility. These floral traits are likely to affect the foraging performance of …