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Predators can provide a valuable ecosystem service by suppressing crop pests. However, intraguild predation, where predators compete for the same prey...
Read moreSustainable insect control requires effective management of the evolution of resistance to pesticides. Resistance management may ultimately depend on ...
Read moreGeneralist arthropod predators act as natural enemies of insect pests in agro-ecosystems. Crop management activities may cause a reduction in arthropo...
Read moreEfforts to detect and eradicate invading populations before they establish are a critical component of national biosecurity programmes. An essential e...
Read more1. The nematode Steinernema feltiae has been developed commercially as a biocontrol agent and is successful in controlling sciarid flies in mushroom h...
Read moreManagement strategies to enhance ecosystem services in agroecosystems often seek to increase predator biodiversity. Invaders commonly dominate predato...
Read moreLaboratory experiments were carried out to analyse various aspects of spider performance under different diets, focusing mainly on the value of the ap...
Read moreSuppression of pest species via a native predator is a regulating ecosystem service that has the potential to limit crop damage and produce economic b...
Read moreThe following is virtually the authors' summary of this account of laboratory investigations in Britain. Samples of wheat weighing 10 g and containing...
Read moreLaboratory and field experiments were carried out in Ontario, Canada, in 1985-86 on Diabrotica virgifera virgifera. Most males emerged from pupae at t...
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