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Field surveys of egg populations of Cryptophlebia leucotreta and the egg parasitoid Trichogrammatoidea cryptophlebiae native to southern Africa, were ...
Read morePollen beetles (Brassicogethes spp.) are the main pests of oilseed rape (OSR, Brassica napus) in Europe and responsible for massive yield losses. Upco...
Read moreParasitoids often are selected for use as biological control agents because of their high host specificity, yet such host specificity can result in st...
Read moreEstimated levels of larval parasitism of Mythimna separata, a pest of pasture and cereal crops in New Zealand, before and after the introduction of th...
Read moreInvasive parasitoids and predators, both accidentally and purposefully introduced, have variously altered native insect communities worldwide, sometim...
Read moreIntensification of agriculture has resulted in a simplification and fragmentation of agroecosystems. Yet, its impact on the reproductive success and p...
Read moreA simulation model is described which demonstrates the role of parasitic Hymenoptera in influencing the numbers of the aphid Sitobion avenae on cereal...
Read moreBiological pest control is a key ecosystem service, and it depends on multiple factors acting from the local to the landscape scale. However, the effe...
Read moreDispersal and host-foraging activity are important behavioural characteristics for parasitoid species used as biological control agents. Appropriate m...
Read moreSpecialist seed-feeders are widely used in weed biological control, but seed predation rates are frequently insufficient to cause the required impacts...
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