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Does IPPM bear fruit? Evaluating reduced-risk insecticide programmes on pests, pollinators and marketable yield.

Published online: 14 Apr 2023

Authors: Leach, A. & Pecenka, J. & Kaplan, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Integrated pest and pollinator management (IPPM) has been touted as a novel approach to control pests while mitigating negative effects of insecticide...

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A nation-wide survey of neonicotinoid insecticides in agricultural land with implications for agri-environment schemes.

Published online: 23 Aug 2020

Authors: Humann-Guilleminot, S. & Binkowski, Ł. J. & Jenni, L. & Hilke, G. & Glauser, G. & Helfenstein, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Neonicotinoids are the most widely used class of insecticides globally. However, the link between farming practices and the extent of contamination of...

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Planting of neonicotinoid-treated maize poses risks for honey bees and other non-target organisms over a wide area without consistent crop yield benefit.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Krupke, C. H. & Holland, J. D. & Long, E. Y. & Eitzer, B. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Neonicotinoid insecticides are routinely used as seed treatments on most grain and oilseed crops in the USA, yet the extent and likelihood of spread o...

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Sulfoxaflor exposure reduces egg laying in bumblebees Bombus terrestris.

Published online: 05 Sep 2020

Authors: Siviter, H. & Horner, J. & Brown, M. J. F. & Leadbeater, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sulfoximine-based insecticides, such as sulfoxaflor, are of increasing global importance and have been registered for use in 81 countries, offering a ...

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Pollinators, pests and yield - multiple trade-offs from insecticide use in a mass-flowering crop.

Published online: 07 Sep 2022

Authors: Knapp, J. L. & Bates, A. & Jonsson, O. & Klatt, B. & Krausl, T. & Sahlin, U. & Svensson, G. P. & Rundlöf, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Multiple trade-offs likely occur between pesticide use, pollinators and yield (via crop flowers) in pollinator-dependent, mass-flowering crops (MFCs),...

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Direct and indirect effects of urbanization, pesticides and wild insect pollinators on mango yield.

Published online: 15 Feb 2024

Authors: Marcacci, G. & Soubadra Devy & Wenzel, A. & Rao, V. S. & Kumar, S. S. & Nölke, N. & Belavadi, V. V. & Tscharntke, T. & Grass, I. & Westphal, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Expanding cities increasingly encroach fertile farmlands, questioning the viability of maintaining agriculture within and around them. Yet, our knowle...

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Insecticide and low food quality treatments reduce health and pollination services of two key pollinator taxa.

Published online: 01 Dec 2024

Authors: Birkenbach, M. & Straub, F. & Weihermüller, P. & Wilfert, L. & Ayasse, M. & Kuppler, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pesticides and the lack of floral resources are key drivers of insect decline in agricultural areas. Both land-use stressors can have a variety of syn...

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An overview of the environmental risks posed by neonicotinoid insecticides.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Goulson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Neonicotinoids are now the most widely used insecticides in the world. They act systemically, travelling through plant tissues and protecting all part...

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Ecological impacts of pesticide seed treatments on arthropod communities in a grain crop rotation.

Published online: 09 Dec 2020

Authors: Dubey, A. & Lewis, M. T. & Dively, G. P. & Hamby, K. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While many studies have investigated non-target impacts of neonicotinoid seed treatments (NSTs), they usually take place within a single crop and focu...

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Negative effects of neonicotinoids on male honeybee survival, behaviour and physiology in the field.

Published online: 16 Dec 2021

Authors: Straub, L. & Villamar-Bouza, L. & Bruckner, S. & Chantawannakul, P. & Kolari, E. & Maitip, J. & Vidondo, B. & Neumann, P. & Williams, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural chemicals such as neonicotinoid insecticides are believed to be one important factor responsible for the recent reduction in health of po...

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