Insect pathogens as biological control agents: Back to the future

LA Lacey, D Grzywacz, DI Shapiro-Ilan, R Frutos… - Journal of invertebrate …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The development and use of entomopathogens as classical, conservation and augmentative
biological control agents have included a number of successes and some setbacks in the …

[HTML][HTML] A review of interactions between insect biological control agents and semiochemicals

A Sharma, RK Sandhi, GVP Reddy - Insects, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Biological control agents and semiochemicals have become essential parts of the integrated
pest management of insect pests over recent years, as the incorporation of semiochemicals …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of fractional model of biological pest control in tea plants with Beddington–DeAngelis functional response

SJ Achar, C Baishya, P Veeresha, L Akinyemi - Fractal and Fractional, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
In this study, we depicted the spread of pests in tea plants and their control by biological
enemies in the frame of a fractional-order model, and its dynamics are surveyed in terms of …

[PDF][PDF] Haar wavelet approach to study the control of biological pest model in Tea plants

S Kumbinarasaiah, R Yeshwanth - Journal of Fractional Calculus and …, 2023‏ - sabapub.com
Haar wavelet approach to study the control of biological pest model in Tea plants Page 1
Journal of Fractional Calculus and Nonlinear Systems J Frac Calc & Nonlinear Sys jfcns.sabapub.com …

Are yellow sticky cards and light traps effective on tea green leafhoppers and their predators in Chinese tea plantations?

L Shi, H He, G Yang, H Huang, L Vasseur, M You - Insects, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Leafhoppers are serious insect pests in agriculture across the world. Both
nymphs and adults suck the sap of plant shoots and leaves with their piercing–sucking …

Current status and prospect of entomopathogenic fungi for controlling insect and mite pests in tea plantations

F Yang, Y Wu, F Dong, J Tu, X Li… - Journal of Applied …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Tea, Camellia sinensis (L) O. Kuntze, is the most popular non‐alcohol beverage
and has over a thousand years of cultivation history. Sustainable tea cultivation is hampered …

Microbial management of arthropod pests of tea: current state and prospects

S Roy, N Muraleedharan - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2014‏ - Springer
Sustainable tea cultivation will rely increasingly on alternatives to conventional chemical
insecticides for pest management that are environment-friendly and reduce the amount of …

Population structure and genetic differentiation of tea green leafhopper, Empoasca (Matsumurasca) onukii, in China based on microsatellite markers

L Zhang, F Wang, L Qiao, CH Dietrich, M Matsumura… - Scientific reports, 2019‏ - nature.com
The tea green leafhopper, Empoasca (Matsumurasca) onukii Matsuda, is one of the
dominant pests in major tea production regions of East Asia. Recent morphological studies …

The role of microbes in tea cultivation

PN Bhattacharyya, SR Sarmah - Global tea science, 2018‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Tea is a long-duration crop and is prone to attack by several pests and pathogens that
ultimately result in extensive annual crop loss (Mareeswaran et al., 2015), and inorganic …

Generation separation in simple structured life cycles: Models and 48 years of field data on a tea tortrix moth

T Yamanaka, WA Nelson, K Uchimura… - The American …, 2012‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Population cycles have fascinated ecologists since the early nineteenth century, and the
dynamics of insect populations have been central to understanding the intrinsic and extrinsic …