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A model of a 2 life-stage pest species is presented for determining the feasibility of control by means of predator release, habitat management and pe...
Read moreEstablishing biological control agents in the field is a major step in any classical biocontrol programme, yet there are few general guidelines to hel...
Read moreModels are presented for determining the feasibility of population control by releasing sterilants and pesticides, singly or in combination, into the ...
Read moreThe weather is believed to affect the establishment of insect biological control agents in the field, in particular heavy rainfall immediately after r...
Read moreThe development of transgenic technologies, coupled with sterile insect techniques (SIT), is being explored in relation to new approaches for the biol...
Read moreThe mass release of transgenic insects carrying female lethal self-limiting genes can reduce pest insect populations. Substantial releases are also a ...
Read moreThe mesopredator release theory predicts that the density of subordinate predators will increase as dominant predators decline. Persistent debate arou...
Read moreThe Eurasian spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus micans is a major pest of spruce which is expanding its range in France, Turkey, England and Wales. Its m...
Read moreAdults of Altica (Haltica) carduorum Guer. from France were released in 1969 and 1970 on Cirsium arvense (creeping thistle) at Silwood Park, Berkshire...
Read moreOver 2 billion people are currently at risk of infection with dengue fever. Use of the sterile insect technique (SIT) in controlling the vector, Aedes...
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