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Landscape structure regulates pest control provided by ants in sun coffee farms.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Aristizábal, N. & Metzger, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ants play a fundamental role in coffee pest control. Despite this, there is a lack of understanding about how landscape configuration and composition ...

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Using selective food plants to maximize biological control of vineyard pests.

Published online: 12 Jul 2006

Authors: Begum, M. & Gurr, G. M. & Wratten, S. D. & Hedberg, P. R. & Nicol, H. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat manipulation is important for enhancing biological control of arthropod pests, but identification of selective food plants that benefit only n...

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A minor pest reduces yield losses by a major pest: plant-mediated herbivore interactions in Indonesian cacao.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Wielgoss, A. & Clough, Y. & Fiala, B. & Rumede, A. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Herbivores inducing host-plant trait changes can indirectly affect the performance, distribution, abundance and behaviour of other herbivores, even wh...

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Do diverse landscapes provide for effective natural pest control in subtropical rice?

Published online: 01 Sep 2020

Authors: Zou Yi & Kraker, J. de & Bianchi, F. J. J. A. & Xiao HaiJun & Huang JiKun & Deng XiangZheng & Hou LingLing & Werf, W. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While the biocontrol potential of natural enemies is well established, it is largely unknown how landscape-mediated effects on pest and natural enemy ...

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Deployment of organic farming at a landscape scale maintains low pest infestation and high crop productivity levels in vineyards.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Muneret, L. & Thiéry, D. & Joubard, B. & Rusch, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Organic farming is a promising way to reduce pesticide use but increasing the area under organic farming at the landscape scale could increase pest in...

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Genotypically diverse cultivar mixtures for insect pest management and increased crop yields.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Tooker, J. F. & Frank, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In modern crop production, each plant is often nearly genetically identical to its neighbours, allowing insect pests and pathogens to move easily from...

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Environmentally friendly landscape management improves oilseed rape yields by increasing pollinators and reducing pests.

Published online: 24 Jul 2022

Authors: Perrot, T. & Bretagnolle, V. & Gaba, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination and pest control are two major ecological functions sustaining crop yield. In insect-pollinated crops, previous studies have revealed that...

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Integrated pest control. Papers presented at a conference of Advisory Entomologists on 11-12 April 1967.

Published online: 01 Jul 1970

Authors: Empson, D. W.

Content type: Conference proceedings

The scientific papers presented at this conference on integrated control of crop pests in Britain comprised: Integrated control and the Advisory Servi...

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Population models on the release of chemosterilants for pest control.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Barclay, H. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Models are presented for determining the feasibility of population control by releasing sterilants and pesticides, singly or in combination, into the ...

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East meets west: adaptive evolution of an insect introduced for biological control.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Phillips, C. B. & Baird, D. B. & Iline, I. I. & McNeill, M. R. & Proffitt, J. R. & Goldson, S. L. & Kean, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A possible explanation for low success rates when introducing natural enemies to new regions for biological control of insect pests is that they fail ...

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